NJ Team Loses State Playoff Game as Runner Fails to Touch Home During HR for Final Out of the Game

New Jersey's Northern Highlands lost its state playoff game when Mount Olive appealed to the umpire that a runner missed home plate to negate three runs...for the final out of the game. How did one runner missing home cost his team three runs, and, the game? Read on. Article: www.closecalls...
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In every level of baseball, runners are required to touch each base in order when advancing or retreating. That's kind of fundamental to a game called BASE ball. When a runner misses a base, the defensive team has the option to appeal the baserunning infraction. When that runner is the preceding (lead) runner and there are already two outs, that third out on appeal nullifies any trailing/following runner who may have potentially "scored" thus wiping all following runs off the board.
Although OBR (pro) and NCAA (college) require appeals be made during live ball action, NFHS (high school) allows verbal appeals during the dead ball period following the play in question. All levels require appeals occur prior to the next pitch, play, or attempted play.
Also, this might sound simple but, a runner can avoid this call by simply touching each base while celebrating a home run.