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Originally Posted by Huskerblue
Unless in the judgement of the umpire no other player had a legitimate chance of making a play on the ball, then the ball remains LIVE.
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It's the other way around - if the umpire judges another player HAD a play on the ball, then the ball remains live. Here's the relevant text of the relevant rule, 7.09(m):
If a fair ball goes through or by an infielder, and touches a runner immediately back of him, or touches the runner after having been deflected by a fielder, the umpire shall not declare the runner out for being touched by a batted ball. In making such decision the umpire must be convinced that the ball passed through, or by, the fielder, and that no other infielder had the chance to make a play on the ball.
You have to parse it carefully, but if you do, I think you'll see that "In making such decision" is referring to the decision to NOT kill the ball; the condition for making that decision - NOT killing the ball - includes "no other infielder had the chance to make a play on the ball."
The play as given is almost surely a simple "runner out for interfering with a batted ball."