From the ASA rule book, Points of Emphasis, POE #1:
"J) Force Out: If an appeal is honored at a base to which a runner was forced to advance and the out is a force out, no runs would score if it was the third out....
R2 was forced to advance to 3B.
WAS forced at one point. But at the time he was called out, the force was off. ASA is different from OBR.
. . .If the batter-runner is put out or is the first out on multiple outs on the same play, this would eliminate all force outs.
We can't take this literally. Yes. Take it literally.
Common sense can only mean if the B-R was retired before reaching 1B. And all runners to the next base. Therfore R2 was forced to 3B.
On an appeal play, the force out is determined when the appeal is made, not when the infraction occured."
In this sitch, the force out was made as a result of the appeal which puts the 3rd out as the force out. But when the appeal was made, it was not a force in ASA.
Therfore no runs score on this play.
ASA case play: Abel on 3B, Baker on 1B, 1 out. Charles gets a hit down the RF line. Abel scores. Baker misses 2B and advances to 3B. (Note that Abel was forced to 2B at the time he missed it.) Charles is thrown out (for the second out) trying for a double. The umpire then upholds the appeal of Baker's miss of 2B for the third out. Ruling: Abel's run scores, as the BR was put out before the appeal, so all forces are off. The third out is not a force out.
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