My esteemed colleagues have already discussed the mechanics of how to prevent this, so I won't bother.
I don't think there is a default call, but I fall back to the "if I did not see it, it did not happen." I have players look at me occasionally when they are away from the play and I was looking the other way and tell me they were interfered with or the runner left early or some such and I just tell them "I did not see it, no call".
I personally would not score the run if I did not see him cross the plate before the third out.
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David A. Brand
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