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NFHS Softball
Rule 8
SECTION 2 BATTER-RUNNER IS OUT
ART. 2... After hitting a fair ball the batter-runner is legally put out prior to reaching first base.
SECTION 6 THE RUNNER IS OUT
ART. 3... On a force play, a fielder contacts the base while holding the ball, touches the ball to the base or tags the runner before the runner reaches the base.
[Emphasis mine.]
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This wording would make the tie go to the batter-runner or runner.
Many other organizations as well as most baseball organization have the same wording for the batter-runner, but for the runner it is worded like OBR 7.08e: A runner is out when "He fails to reach the next base before a fielder tags him or the base, after he has been forced to advance by reason of the batter becoming a runner." This wording would mean the runner is out on a tie.
Note: If I see the foot at the same time I hear the ball, considering that light travels faster than sound, it is obvious that the ball must have gotten there before the foot and thus on what is perceived as a tie must be an out.
