No one out, runner on, the batter squares to bunt. The ball is bunted in the air, is close to the line, the 3rd baseman dives and makes the catch. The umps signals out but doesn't verbalize it. Batter returns to dugout. Apparently, teammates tell the player that the ball was dropped since no verbal and the hitter goes up again. The 3rd base coach gives bunt again and popup again. 3rd baseman catches ball. Opposing team now rushes ump complaining that the same hitter hit twice. They want, 1st popup out, 2nd popup out and out for batting out of order. I know how it was settled and have never seen this before. Ruling?
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