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FWIW, this play (or a very similar one) caused a big bruhahah in the relatively early days of internet umpiring (heck, it may have even been on r.s.o.) IT's not well covered in the books, but the interp did seem to come down (as I recall) as described here.
I explain it as, "The rules also say that the game is over when the winning run scores. but, we'd both require and allow BR (and other runners) to fulfill the baserunning requirements or we'd allow the defense to get an out and negate the "winning" run. The same is apparently true on "inning ending" runs / outs / plays."
I agree that the OP is not an appeal play -- it's a force play. But, it *could* be an appeal play if the situation were changed slightly.
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