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Originally Posted by Paul L
So is the penalty in ISF that the runner being played on is out, or is it the runner closest to home?
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In this case, the runner was already out because the throw to third beat him.
If it was say, the runner avoiding a tag by grabbing the fielders glove and smacking the ball out, then both would be out, one on the interference and the other on the break-up of a double play.
Interestingly enough, the wording for this type of interference to break up a double play says "the immediate successive runner is also out". This contrasts to the wording of interference where a third base coach runs down the line to draw a throw to home. The wording for that says "the runner closest to home is out". Presumably because there can be no "successive" runner behind a base coach...