What is correct ruling?

Friday in a State tournament in Alabama, there was a situation that made me scratch my head. Bases loaded with two outs, a ground ball is hit toward the 3b, her momentum pulls her away from the bag. She fields the ball and tags the runner that was coming from second for the third out of the inning.

The home plate umpire turns to the press box tower and motioned for them to count the run. When the score came up on the scoreboard, every one just thought a kid or something upstairs put the score up wrong. A tournament official came down and stopped the game and questioned the ump about the run.

The ump explained that it was a "timing" call and the run crossed the plate before the tag was applied. and they left the run on the board. Our coach is a chicken $%&t, and didn't protest of throw a fit. I would have gotten ejected in about 30 seconds.

The ump said it was a force and the bag had to be touched for the out to be made and the run not count.

A force out is when a runner must vacate a base because of a runner coming from another base. the out can be made with a tag or touching the bag.

I feel stupid posting this, but can someone site in a rule book the correct ruling so I can email it to tournament official. He just stood there with a dumb look on his face and didn't know what to do.

WOW.... How can so many people miss a routine call? The call was completely wrong. The runner from 2nd was forced to 3rd and put out. The fielder does not have to touch the base for an out to be recorded. It is not a timing play. The run should have been taken off of the board. Guess the umpire did a really good job of selling a load of dung to everyone.

As for your coach. It's really sad when the coach doesn't know the basic rules of the game. Did it affect the outcome of the game?

This is Umpiring 101. No run may score if the third out is a force out. Period. The exact rule reference depends upon the sanction.

It serves no purpose whatsoever to get ejected. Ask for clarification. Protest if necessary.

The tournament official should not get involved. The UIC should not get involved unless there is a protest.

Ump blew that one bad. This is simple stuff.

How slow could the runner going to 3rd be? Even if it was a timing play the all the runners should have been moving. The girl on 3rd was the much faster than the runner on second? That part even sounds suspicious.