TAMPA — It took 22 games, but Aaron Boone finally has his first ejection of the season.
The Yankees manager was tossed in the eighth inning of Sunday’s game against the Rays after Aaron Judge was called out on strikes.
The frustrations began boiling one pitch earlier, though, when Judge appeared to crush a home run down the left field line, only to have it called foul by third-base umpire Scott Barry.
The Yankees challenged it, but upon replay review, the call on the field stood.
Judge was then called out looking at strike three on the next pitch, which he did not agree with, and Boone popped out of the dugout to argue.
Home plate umpire Adam Beck had a quick hook for Boone, who then came out to argue with Beck before getting his money’s worth with Barry at third base.
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Boone, who was ejected 39 times in his first seven seasons, earned his first of the year on Sunday as Max Fried was working on a no-hit bid through seven innings before a scoring change wiped it out; Fried then gave up a single in the eighth.
Boone had been barking at Beck as early as the second inning, when Jasson Dominguez was called out on strikes after two pitches that appeared to be in off the plate were called strikes.
