I can see how this might not be an unmistakable appeal: runner trots over to 3B, throw comes in from LF just after him, quick tag applied as he goes in standing, ball thrown in to F1.
If the runner never made it back to 2B to retouch, the appeal would still be granted, even after F1 threw the ball away. (It's unclear in the OP whether he ever retouched.)
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