Ball 4, You're Out?

[LMan]

Originally Posted by BayStateRef

I am troubled by this play, since if this happened on the 2-0 pitch and the run scored on the wild pitch, there would be no doubt that the run counts and the game is over.

No run can score if the batter-runner is out prior to reaching 1B (when the batter becomes a runner), regardless of method (tag, touch, desertion, strikeout, etc). So in the above you are correct, if the count had been 2-0. But it wasn't.

Why are you troubled? It's quite cut-and-dry.