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Hmmm, I'm not so sure I would've called an IFF on a "little looper". Sounds like you had something closer to a line drive than a fly ball, especially if your call of IFF happened as the ball hit the ground.
You also said F6 let the ball drop. What did he/she actually do? If he/she gloved the ball and then let it drop, I would have been more inclined to rule it an intentionally dropped ball, kill play, call the batter out, and put the runners back on their time-of-pitch bases.
But if you really judged that the batted ball warranted an IFF call, then you are correct. The batter would be out, and the runner would be out on the tag. The runner is not protected in any way. He should know he is under no obligation to advance should the ball not be caught, since the force is removed when the IFF call is made.
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