Yankees Gerrit Cole and Aaron Boone both ejected after home run but New York still pulls off 5-4 win
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Yankees’ righthander Gerrit Cole and manager Aaron Boone are ejected from New York’s win over the Boston Red Sox after the pitcher throws a tantrum over the homer-called ball… while Aaron Judge is still tied at number 60
- Yankees’ Gerrit Cole was ejected in the sixth inning after arguing with the umpire
- Aaron Boone came out to plead in support of Cole, and he too was evicted
- Aaron Judge was unable to hit his 61st home run after going 1-4 in the game
- But New York took a 5-4 win over rivals the Boston Red Sox on Friday night
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New York Yankees righthander Gerrit Cole and manager Aaron Boone were both ejected in Friday Night’s 5-4 win against the Boston Red Sox.
Immediately after giving up a three-run home run that tied the game with four runs apiece in the 6th, Cole lunged at home plate umpire Brian Knight.
Cole was still angry because he felt that the field should have been called three before the homerun strike, but instead was ruled under the strike area.
Yankees righthander Gerrit Cole (above) and manager Aaron Boone were both ejected
Cole yells out home plate umpire Brian Knight during the sixth inning against the Red Sox
Cole later struckout JD Martinez to end the inning, but continued to yell at Knight as he walked off the mound, prompting Knight to eject him.
At that point, Aaron Boone came out of the dugout and started arguing with Knight in support of his starter, and then in typical fashion the manager was ejected.
The incident is now Boone’s ninth expulsion of the season, the highest by any manager since Bobby Cox was sent off 10 times in 2007.
Cole, on the other hand, has now allowed 31 home runs this season, the most in the American League and second in all of MLB.
Home plate umpire Brian Knight (left) talks to New York Yankees manager Boone
Maybe the Yankees should pull some strings and let Cole throw to Aaron Judge while the slugger went without a homer for the third straight game, leaving him at 60 for the season and one behind Roger Maris’ record in the American League.
With four of Maris’ kids back in the margins, Judge went one by four with a sharp single. He struckout twice and lofted a high swipe to left field that excited the sold-out crowd of 47,346 for a second or two.
The slugger has two games left to match Maris at New York’s current homestand – Saturday afternoon and Sunday night against the rival Red Sox. After that, the Yankees head to Toronto and have only three home games left, from September 30 to October 2 against Baltimore.
Since hooking up for No. 60 on Tuesday night against Pittsburgh, the closest Judge to have matched Maris’ 1961 mark was a 404-foot drive caught just in front of the midfield fence on Thursday night.
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