Dead Ball Rule

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by RKBUmp

Any base award still requires the bases to be run legally. As stated above, the award would have been 3rd in the play described, but, if the runner did not retouch 1st prior to advancing to 3rd they would be subject to appeal by the defense.

All I have to add is that this is the ruling in all softball and baseball rulesets I'm aware of. The ONLY difference comes into play in cases where R1 has passed 2nd base. On the OP, the ruling's 3rd base across the board, AND the runner still has to touch 1st.