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Old Fri Sep 20, 2013, 09:35pm
Publius Publius is offline
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Originally Posted by jicecone View Post
No, Lawrie was out because he could not acquire 3B until Reyes was tagged out before him or aquired HP.
That's absolutely wrong.

If both runners are on the bag, the following runner is out, no matter what order they're tagged (unless it's a force-play situation, when the preceding runner is out.)

In a non-force situation, if only one runner is on the bag and he's tagged, he's not out. Reyes was entitled to occupy 3rd until he advanced or was put out, but he has to actually be occupying it in order for the following runner who is also occupying it to be put out.