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"In OBR, no such act is specifically covered in the rules, so when it happened in an OBR game I was umping, me and my partner decided that the catcher had a chance to make a play on the ball, and since the batter didn't interfere intentionally, that the ball was live and the batter beat the throw to first."
A play in Jaksa/Roder that covers this type situation provides the OBR interpretation:
R1, two outs. A strike three is blocked (not caught) by the catcher, and the batter-runner, starting his advance to first, kicks the ball, or contacts the catcher who is trying to field the ball: neither case is interference, but if either hindrance was an intentional action, disregarding an advance, there is interference.
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