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Rule 7.08
A runner is out when:
(e) He fails to reach the next base before a fielder tags him or thebase, after he has been forced to advance by reason of the batterbecoming a runner. However, if a following runner is put out on aforce play, the force is removed and the runner must be tagged tobe put out. The force is removed as soon as the runner touchesthe base to which he is forced to advance, and if he overslides oroverruns the base, the runner must be tagged to be put out.However, if the forced runner, after touching the next base,retreats for any reason towards the base he had last occupied, theforce play is reinstated, and he can again be put out if the defensetags the base to which he is forced;

(i.e.) if bases are loaded and ball is hit if the runner on on any base doesnt move... the basemen must tag the unmoved player first then the bag in order to get 2 outs....if the basemen tags the base first then the runner the runner is safe if still on the bag.