A baserunner is always out when you tag her with the ball (or your glove, if the ball is in it.)
If a runner is not "forced" to run, then you must tag the runner out. As we discussed before, a runner is not forced to run unless the ball is hit on the ground and there are runners on all the bases behind her. A runner standing on first is also always forced to run on a ground ball.
So pretend a runner is standing on second base. There is no baserunner behind her on first base. She will not be forced to run if the batter hits the ball. She may WANT to run, but she doesn't HAVE to run, because there is no runner on first base behind her.
Pretend the batter hits the ball on the ground. If the runner standing on second decides she wants to try to get to third base, then you must tag her before she gets to the base.
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