Running the Bases in Reverse Order After Scoring

[Jay R.]

Had an only-in-youth-baseball one last week as I managed last week. It's a U10 local rule set; the commish has declined to clarify whether it's a mod of OBR, NFHS, NCAA, LL, PONY Mustang, or something else. It rarely matters, but might here. 

My son's team was on defense, with the bases loaded and one out. Ball is crushed into the gap with a deep fence; all runners score easily, Batter-Runner misses third but touches the plate. As the ball comes in to the catcher, my coaches yell that he missed third, so I tell the catcher to throw to third. Batter-runner dashes from the edge of in play back toward third, without coming anywhere near home plate; my catcher throws to the third baseman touching the bag as I tell the umpire that we're appealing the batter-runner missing third, and the runner slides in after. The teenagers (plate and base) look at each other and look back at me without making a call. 

Of course it's not worth arguing about, so I said that if they didn't have him missing third they should give the kid the run, and that's what happened. But I'm curious:
1) If the runner returns to retouch third in that situation, should he remain on third even if the umpires have him legally touching third and scoring previously? (Do codes differ on this?)
2) If the answer to (1) is yes, I assume that I can appeal him missing home on the run back to third on the last-time-by approach?
3) Anything else to consider that I'm missing?

 

[Jimurray]

14 hours ago, Jay R. said:

Had an only-in-youth-baseball one last week as I managed last week. It's a U10 local rule set; the commish has declined to clarify whether it's a mod of OBR, NFHS, NCAA, LL, PONY Mustang, or something else. It rarely matters, but might here. 

My son's team was on defense, with the bases loaded and one out. Ball is crushed into the gap with a deep fence; all runners score easily, Batter-Runner misses third but touches the plate. As the ball comes in to the catcher, my coaches yell that he missed third, so I tell the catcher to throw to third. Batter-runner dashes from the edge of in play back toward third, without coming anywhere near home plate; my catcher throws to the third baseman touching the bag as I tell the umpire that we're appealing the batter-runner missing third, and the runner slides in after. The teenagers (plate and base) look at each other and look back at me without making a call. 

Of course it's not worth arguing about, so I said that if they didn't have him missing third they should give the kid the run, and that's what happened. But I'm curious:
1) If the runner returns to retouch third in that situation, should he remain on third even if the umpires have him legally touching third and scoring previously? (Do codes differ on this?)
2) If the answer to (1) is yes, I assume that I can appeal him missing home on the run back to third on the last-time-by approach?
3) Anything else to consider that I'm missing?

 

1. You can't unscore a legally scored run and if the umps thought it was legally scored the run scores, every code.

2. My answer to (1) was no, but if it was yes you could appeal his miss of HP on the return depending on where he was as he got up.

3. You are missing the code. One would allow you to appeal, the others would require your players to make it clear what they were appealing. You are also missing a competent commish.

[Senor Azul]

OBR 5.08(a) Comment:  A run legally scored cannot be nullified by subsequent action of the runner, such as but not limited to an effort to return to third base in the belief that he had left the base before a caught fly ball.

NCAA rule 5.6c Note 1 states it nearly the same. For FED, I cannot find a rule or case play--only an official interpretation found in the 2016 BRD (section 514, p. 329):

Once a runner has legally scored a run, he cannot nullify the score by any legal action such as retreating to third in the belief he had missed the base or left too soon. (Rumble 1984)

[beerguy55]

10 hours ago, Jay R. said:

2) If the answer to (1) is yes, I assume that I can appeal him missing home on the run back to third on the last-time-by approach?

Put it this way -  if the runner had indeed missed third base, and was judged to have successfully returned to third before the appeal, then you could appeal the miss at home.