Ump Show: Yankees gripe with Giancarlo Stanton’s at-bat, diagnosed

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone was ejected for arguing calls after Giancarlo Stanton was struck out on pitches against the Boston Red Sox.

The New York Yankees had the most ideal start to their series against the Boston Red Sox, as they took the first two games. But the final two games were an absolute disaster for the Bronx Bombers, especially in the series finale on Sunday night. Even though the Yankees surrendered nine unanswered runs following a 6-2 lead, one portion of the game sticks out that has the fanbase infuriated.

In the top of the seventh inning, manager Aaron Boone was ejected by home plate umpire Tripp Gibson for arguing calls following Giancarlo Stanton’s strikeout. When looking closer at the at-bat, Boone had legitimate reason to be as livid as he was.

Yankees had reason to be livid at Giancarlo Stanton strikeout

Stanton had a 2-0 count to his advantage on two low pitches thrown by Hirokazu Sawamura. But then, Stanton watched as two low pitches outside of the zone were called strikes. Stanton stayed alive in the count by hitting a foul ball on the fifth pitch of the at-bat. But the sixth pitch fell to the outside as well, but Stanton was punched out by the home plate umpire.

Hence why Boone was screaming from the dugout that the last pith was “ball six,” and why he ran out to give the umpire a piece of his mind.

This is far from the first time that Boone has argued strike calls. Take a look at the season-long saga of questionable calls that went against star Aaron Judge on low pitches.

Even though the loss stung and the strikeout on Stanton was demoralizing, the Yankees still have a 14-game first-place lead in the AL East.