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When people who make up rules to accomodate their level should understand there is a dominoe theory to consider. When adopting the time limit it should also state that the new inning starts at the time of the 3rd out. This is what many of the organizations have adopted. The thing is Professional, College, High School, and youth organizations that have published rule books do not use a time limit. Then you try to use existing rules to for a solution.
It is not there. It should not be there because in a non-time limit game the inning is complete when the defensive teams infield leaves the field.
For the purpose of this rule, the defensive team has "left the field" when the pitcher and all infielders have left fair territory on their way to the bench or clubhouse. If two runners arrive at home base about the same time and the first runner misses home plate but a second runner legally touches the plate, the runner is tagged out on his attempt to come back and touch the base or is called out, on appeal, then he shall be considered as having been put out before the second runner scored and being the third out. Second runner's run shall not count, as provided in Rule 7.12. If a pitcher balks when making an appeal, such act shall be a play. An appeal should be clearly intended as an appeal, either by a verbal request by the player or an act that unmistakably indicates an appeal to the umpire. A player, inadvertently stepping on the base with a ball in his hand, would not constitute an appeal. Time is not out when an appeal is being made.
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