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8-4-3h is applicable if the ball deflects off the fielder and goes into DBT. You have a case where the fielder provided the additional impetus that sent the ball into DBT that would have otherwise stayed in play.
So I think the appropriate rule would be 8-4-3f, and it should be two bases from the time of the "kick".
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