DETROIT -- It was not as controversial as the play that ended Friday's game between the Astros and Brewers, which prompted Yankees manager Joe Girardi to call Joe Torre seeking clarification about the so-called Chase Utley slide rule, but Starlin Castro had his own run-in with a replay review in Friday's 4-0 loss to the Tigers.
The "neighborhood play," in which a middle infielder straddles the base or glides past it on a double-play pivot, is now eligible for review. Tigers manager Brad Ausmus successfully challenged that Castro was not in contact with second base on what was originally ruled a 5-4-3 double play on James McCann in the eighth inning.