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Well, I'm sort of curious why F6 is standing where s/he is, but OBS is a protective rule and an OBS runner is awarded the base they would have attained safely had the OBS not occurred. In this case, that would be the player's home base, the dugout.
Yes, I know that may not be the letter of the rule, and trust me, as anal as I tend to be, I can understand some frustration. However, I believe there are case plays and interpretations making an allowance for irrelevant OBS such as a BR getting tied up with the catcher on a fly ball or line drive. PLEASE do not take this as a suggestion we pick and choose which OBS we enforce, it is not as I would use the citations of case plays or interpretations.
However, if you ruled the OBS and awarded 3B to R1, I don't see where you would found wrong in such a ruling.
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