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Originally Posted by Welpe
I fail to see how that would have an effect on what the runner does after the fact. How does a runner touching the plate after the third out change his status from acquiring to the plate to not?
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R1 passes HP without touching it. He's treated as acquiring it, even though he hasn't touched it, pending an appeal.
When he returns to touch it, the previous acquisition is negated, and the legal touch supersedes it.
Since that happens after the 3rd out in the OP, the run does not score.