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Bases loaded 2 outs. Ground ball to F5 who tags R2 instead of touch 3B. R3 scores before the tag.

Run counts or no.

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Run does not count.  Even though R2 was tagged, he was still forced to run when the batter became a runner.

R1 was forced off first to second, and R2 was forced off second to third.

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5.09(b ) (7.08) Retiring a Runner
Any runner is out when:

(6) He or the next base is tagged before he touches the next
base, after he has been forced to advance by reason of the
batter becoming a runner.

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