Analysis of 5-Minute Replay Review'd Batter's Interference During Braves-Dodgers Game in LA

Braves batter Jorge Soler was out and interfered with Dodgers catcher Will Smith as Atlanta runner Ozzie Albies attempted to steal second base, that much was always clear. Article: https://www.closecallsports.com/2021/08/batters-interference-in-la-or-bad-time.html Yet while HP Umpire Mike Estabrook initially called "Time" upon Smith's throw sailing into center field and signaled batter Soler out, while pointing Albies to return to first base, at some point, umpires appeared to declare Albies out, too, for an inning-ending double play. It would appear that at some point after Estabrook's initial (and correct) ruling, someone made the decision that Soler had struck out instead of simply swung and missed for strike two (and then interfered). The difference is that with a 1-1 batter's interference, the batter is out for the interference and runner returns to first base. But for a 1-2 batter's interference, the batter is already out for the strikeout (strike three) on the swing-and-miss, and the interference is thus deemed retired batter/runner's interference, meaning that the runner is declared out for the interference of the retired teammate, which would be the batter. After a Replay Review visit to the headsets, Crew Chief Jeff Nelson signaled the count should have been 1-2 following the swing-and-miss (but prior to the interference....it's confusing without umpires being mic'd up), and as a result, the batter was NOT out for the strikeout but for batter's interference, the penalty for which is to return the runner to first base and resume play with the batter declared out.