It didn’t take lengthy for Aaron Boone’s frustrations with home-plate umpire Derek Thomas to boil over Sunday.
After Ryan McMahon took a pitch within the third inning that touched the decrease a part of the zone and that Thomas known as a strike, Boone mentioned sufficient to get ejected for an MLB-leading fifth time this season, snapping a tie with Purple Sox supervisor Alex Cora.
Boone then proceeded to hop out of the Yankees dugout and proceed arguing with Thomas — who mentioned he’d already heard sufficient complaining from Boone — whilst crew chief Jordan Baker stepped between the pair and stored shuffling to dam Boone’s path to Thomas.
“It is advisable to repair it,” Boone mentioned, in line with YES Community audio of the alternate. “You f–king want to repair it.”
Trent Grisham, Ben Rice and Aaron Decide all had pitches exterior the zone — per MLB.com’s places — known as as strikes within the first inning in opposition to Astros starter Jason Alexander, who held the Yankees hitless by way of three innings.
Alexander’s sinker to McMahon then scraped the underside portion of the zone two frames later.
Nonetheless, regardless of the calls that Thomas missed within the eyes of Boone, the Yankees offense struggled to generate any rhythm once more Sunday, with Ben Rice’s one-out stroll within the opening inning, Austin Wells’ one-out stroll within the third and Aaron Decide’s leadoff stroll within the fourth marking their lone baserunners as they tried to safe simply their third win within the final 9 video games.
Houston took an early lead on Jose Altuve’s homer and added one other run within the third inning when Christian Walker launched an RBI double to left.
