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Contact before the out, yes call obstruction, but award the BR nothing. By definition, if the umpire thought the fielder would have beaten the runner, then the judgement is that the BR would not have reached even without the obstruction and therefore can not be awarded first.
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If you call obstruction on F3, you MUST award the BR 1st base since by rule she cannot be called out between the two bases where the obstruction occured, and you can't put her back at home.
SamC