A USSSA rule question

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For those of you who do USSSA slow-pitch I have a question.....Rule 8-5-A states "Baserunners are out when a baserunner fails to keep contact with the base to which he is intitled, until a pitched ball touches the ground, has reached or passed Home Plate or is batted". There are 3 choices there. Which one is used when? I was watching a game where the ump called the runner out for leaving too early and the runners argument was that the ball had already passed the plate when he took off (the batter made contact with the ball). So based on that play it was from when the ball "is batted". Makes sense, but what about those other 2 choices?