Dust-up leaves Girardi miffed
Yankees manager tossed as beanballs mar loss to Rays.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi had some strong words about plate umpire Scott Barry after ejections and beanballs overshadowed another poor outing by New York ace Masahiro Tanaka.
Corey Dickerson homered twice and the Tampa Bay Rays won their season-high fourth in a row, beating the Yankees 9-5 Saturday in a game that included three hit batters, three ejections and one animated argument.
Yankees rookie Aaron Judge hit his 15th home run. He also doubled and extended his hitting streak to eight games. (The streak ended Sunday.)
Girardi used his hands to cover the plate with dirt after being tossed by Barry in the fifth inning. That came right after pitching coach Larry Rothschild was ejected by Barry during a mound visit.
“Just upset,” Girardi said. “If I’m going to get tossed for asking about one of my coaches, I might as well get my money’s worth.”
Girardi also took issue with Barry for not cleaning the plate with his brush afterward.
“I’m not very appreciative of that, as well,” Girardi said. “I thought he stared down some of our hitters today, too, for longer than he needed to when they questioned some calls.”
Umpire crew chief Paul Emmel said Rothschild and Girardi were ejected for arguing pitches.
“When Scott went out there to break Rothschild, he argued pitches,” Emmel said. “Same with Joe, he argued pitches. You cannot argue pitches.”
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