Dead ball appeal what if

[chapmaja]

I have not seen this play, and this is just something I thought of.

The situation is as follows:

Team H is the up 6-0 in the bottom of the 5th inning during a game using the 10 after 5 mercy rule. Bases loaded with 2 outs. The batter hits an over the fence home run and all runners come around to score. As soon as the batter-runner touches home plate the plate umpire is off the field and through the dug out (only way off the field). As the BU is leaving the field, but has not yet left the field, the right fielder (still on the field of play) yells to the base umpire, the batter missed first base. (This is something witnessed by the base umpire)

Is this appeal accepted, since the base umpire and at least one fielder are still in the field of play? Or is this denied because the plate umpire is already gone.

If you except the appeal, and rule the batter-runner out, thus negating all 4 runs, and thus the end of the game, how do you explain this to a partner that is already half way to his car.

I have never had this happen, but I did have a mercy not end because the runner that scored run to give the team a 10 run lead missed home plate, which was properly appealed. I was the BU and had come in towards the plate thinking the game was over when the coach appealed successfully the missed base.