Never heard of this happening in a game before

Yesterday I ran into a former student at Walmart and he asked me if I had heard about the baseball game between Lawrenceburg and Brentwood. Now, since all of this is hearsay, combined with the possibility I may get some facts wrong and that I am not even sure which age group was playing, I would welcome any comments or corrections. You can do so on one of my FaceBook pages at https://www.facebook.com/coachtcom.

Here is how I heard it: a Brentwood player hit a homerun which struck the scoreboard and bounced back into the playing field. As he crossed home plate and celebrated with his teammates he stepped OVER the base, never touched it, and went to the dugout. Lawrenceburg picked up the ball in the outfield, threw it to home, and touched home plate (or tagged the runner. I'm not sure of that detail) and the umpire called the batter out! A long argument ensued in which it was argued that the ball is dead since it cleared the fence before bouncing back onto the field. Finally, play resumed at which time the pitcher toed the rubber, stepped off, threw the ball to home, and the runner was again called out for never touching the plate. This was the normal, and correct, way to appeal the play.

Now, was he out with the ball that came back onto the field? I am assuming that the ump was wrong on this call which is what made the second appeal necessary, with the next live ball.

In all my years of playing, coaching, and watching I have never seen this happen. A player miss a base, yes. An appeal declaring him out, yes. But not an out call on a ball hitting the scoreboard and returning to the field of play.

Now, anyone know more about this?