Interference

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by DG

How do we figure BR out on high pop to ss, the int is not breaking up a DP involving BR, it is involving R3, who has scored before the INT..

There's no loophole at all and no runs can score.

The rule just says if a runner interfers with intent to break up a DP - it doesn't say how the DP would/could have been achieved. This particular one would have been the catch of the popup plus the appeal at third.

If, in the judgment of the umpire, a base runner willfully and deliberately interferes with a batted ball or a fielder in the act of fielding a batted ball with the obvious intent to break up a double play, the ball is dead. The umpire shall call the runner out for interference and also call out the batter-runner because of the action of his teammate. In no event may bases be run or runs scored because of such action by a runner.

So you call R2 out and the BR out and return the other runners to their TOP base. No fuss. No muss. Just what the rule says.