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Yankees decline to file protest with MLB over disputed call

Published Apr. 6, 2016 8:02 p.m. ET

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NEW YORK (AP) Yankees manager Joe Girardi says the team has decided not to file a protest with Major League Baseball over the disputed call that led to Tuesday's season-opening loss to Houston.

With the score tied in the eighth inning, Carlos Correa reached on a dribbler that New York reliever Dellin Betances threw over first baseman Mark Teixeira as Jose Altuve scored the go-ahead run from second. Girardi argued with plate umpire Dana DeMuth that Correa should have been called out for running in fair territory.

After the umpires conferred, the safe call was upheld and Girardi played the remainder of the game under protest. DeMuth signaled the protest to the press box, and New York lost 5-3.

But afterward, Girardi says Wednesday, the Yankees chose not to file a protest because baseball's rule book states the play falls under an umpire's judgment call.

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