can be out: The batter-runner is out when: a preceding runner interferes with a fielder trying to complete a double play on the batter-runner; Tag-related outs: a fielder with a live ball in their possession touches first base or tags the batter-runner before the batter-runner reaches first base (except when the batter is awarded first base, such as on a base on balls) the batter-runner does not return directly to first base after overrunning the bag and they are tagged with the ball by a fielder. Flyout-related outs: a batted ball is caught in flight (fly out); they hit an infield popup while the infield fly rule applies; a fielder intentionally drops a line drive with fewer than two outs in a force situation (man on first, men on first and second, men on first and third, bases loaded) in an attempt to create a double play; Any baserunner, other than the batter-runner, is out when: they are forced out; that is, they fail to reach their force base before a fielder with a live ball touches that base; a fielder catches a batted ball in flight, and subsequently, some fielder with a live ball in possession touches the runner's time of pitch base before the runner returns to it (appeal play); while they are attempting to reach home plate with fewer than two outs, the batter interferes with a fielder and such action hinders a potential tag out near home plate; they are found to have committed a mockery of the game, for example, a stolen base of first from the second; or they are found to be an illegal substitute. Any baserunner, including the batter-runner, is out when: they are tagged out; that is, touched by a fielder's hand holding a live ball while in jeopardy, such as while not touching a base; they stray more than three feet (.91 meters) from their running baseline in attempting to avoid a tag; they pass a base without touching it and a member of the defensive team properly executes a live ball appeal; they pass a preceding runner who is not out; they commit interference, such as when they contact a fielder playing a batted ball, or when they contact a live batted ball before it passes a fielder other than the pitcher; they are touched by a fair ball in fair territory before the ball has touched or passed