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Originally Posted by rbmartin
Rule 8 Section 4 Art 2
(m) Any runner is out when he passes an unobstructed preceding runner before such runner is out (including awarded bases);...
If, as MD Longhorn stated, the trailing runner did not entirely pass the preceding runner that's one thing but if the trailing runner actually touches home while the lead runner has peeled off and is high fiving his teammates (before he has reached home plate), in my opinion you have no choice but to call the trailing runner out. What you do with the lead runner would be subject to appeal I guess.
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There really is nothing more to do with the lead runner. He never touched home, so once the third out is recorded when the trail runner passes him, the inning is over and the rest of the runners are null and void.
Now, if the trail runner's out is the first or second out, then the lead runner better realize he needs to continue and touch home before the batter-runner passes him as well.