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Originally Posted by MCJB Ump
Rule 7.01 A runner acquires the right to an unoccupied base when he touches it before he is out.
The runner has to beat the ball. There are no ties, runner was out.
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This same discussion always boils down to these two seemingly conflicting rules, the one you cited, 7.01, and 6.05(j) which states: After a third strike or after he hits a fair ball, he or first base is tagged
before he touches first base.
This always lends bit of credence to the absurd notion that a tie goes to the runner, because of its ambiguity.