Between 3B & Home

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Had this yesterday evening:

R1, R3, BR hits a sure double in RF.
R3 scores, and R1 advances to 3B, rounds and goes down about half-way to home. F9 makes a good throw to F2.
R1 slams on the brakes and tries to retreat to 3B.
F1 had moved to a point about 15 feet from 3B, takes the throw from F2 and applies the tag after R1 had turned and started back to 3B, so a run-down did not develop.

BU had moved to a point about half-way between 'C' and 3B during this action, and I (PU) had moved about ten feet towards 3B.

When the tag was applied neither one of us initially made a call, which did not look very good. I pointed at BU and he just looked at me, so I made the out call, but I was straightlined on the play and could not really see it.

In reporting this sitch fairly and accurately, I must confess that I was running late to the game (traffic accident with detour) and got to the field about ten minutes before start time; we did not have much of a pre-game meeting.

Finally, my question: Whose call is this to make?

We did discuss this play after the game and he said that that was my call to make, and I said that it was his call. His reasoning was that he was taking BR on any play at 2B or 3B, and my reasoning was that R1 had retreated back and was tagged only about 20-25 feet from 3B.