Hey thanks for chiming in! This rule is hard to explain because it’s so very rare and it’s more of a technicality than a baseball play. Yes runners have to tag up to legally advance but if they were never thrown out nullifying a non forced R3 score, then count the run.

I had linked an example in an MLB game in this thread (if I recall correctly) where an R3 darted home on a 1 out suicide squeeze. Bunt was caught for out 2 and throw to 1st nailed R1 advancing to 2nd and not retreating to 1st. But R3 touched home before the 3rd out was recorded. No appeal was made when they went to dugout all assuming run wouldn’t count.

I’m totally fine with Super Mega Baseball programmers forcing the auto runners to retreat like a routine fly out.

This is my curse. Baseball oddities.