Confused
Umpiring a 9/10 year old game.(DIXIE LEAGUE) Runner on first and third, 1 out. BAtter hits a deep fly ball to center field, runner on third leaves the bag as soon as the ball is hit (no tag) . Ball is caught by outfielder, and runner from third has now crossed the plate. His coach is telling him to go back to third, he retouches the plate on his way back to third, before he reaches third, the throw from the outfielder goes into the dugout, he then turns and heads back to home. I call dead ball. Should i have let him score and put the runner from first on third? As you can see i am real confused.
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