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My take:
We have a ball with no current fair/foul status over foul territory.
We have a fielder interfered with. Dead ball!
At the moment of the dead ball, the ball is over foul territory, so we now have a FOUL ball.
By rule, there is no out for interference with a fielder fielding a grounded foul ball. So - no out. Just a foul ball.
In other words, while you have interference, you do not have a rules basis for an out. Logically, the only thing left is a foul ball.
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