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Houston Astros center fielder Taylor Trammell had his bat confiscated in the ninth inning of the team’s 8-4 loss to the New York Yankees on Thursday at Daikin Park.

Trammell, 27, ripped a double off Yankees closer David Bednar in the top of the ninth inning, and manager Aaron Boone asked the umpires to take a look at the bat.

Home plate umpire Adrian Johnson gathered the bat and all four umpires converged to discuss. Johnson also communicated with Major League Baseball’s replay office in New York before he handed the bat to an official, who took it away.

"It was just something that we noticed this series and asked the league about," Boone told reporters after the game, via ESPN. "You're not allowed to do anything to

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