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Originally Posted by BayStateRef
I am troubled by this play, since if this happened on the 2-0 pitch and the run scored on the wild pitch, there would be no doubt that the run counts and the game is over.
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No run can score if the batter-runner is out prior to reaching 1B (when the batter becomes a runner), regardless of method (tag, touch, desertion, strikeout, etc). So in the above you are correct,
if the count had been 2-0. But it wasn't.
Why are you troubled? It's quite cut-and-dry.