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Brett Gardner thrown out, charges toward umpire, Yankees’ 9-game winning streak ends
TORONTO – Brett Gardner’s boiling point was reached – and then some – on Friday night, sparking a few minutes of rage at Rogers Centre.
What fueled the Yankee outfielder’s fire was being blamed for something he didn’t say and paying the price with a quick ejection by rookie plate umpire Chris Segal.
During a lengthy tirade, Gardner had to be restrained by manager Aaron Boone from going after Segal.
Lost in the commotion was another lackluster performance by J.A. Happ, who yielded three home runs as Toronto rolled to a 8-2 victory, snapping the Yankees’ season-high nine-game winning streak.
Afterward, Gardner was still seething about the circumstances of his ejection, the first for any Yankees player this year.
“I didn’t even open my mouth, which is unusual for me,’’ Gardner said of the fourth-inning fracas.
“He just wanted to assume or wanted to take a guess. And he was wrong,’’ Gardner said of being accused by Segal of using the magic words for ejection. “And then he lied to me about it which was a huge problem and that’s what made me a little upset.’’
Anatomy of an argument
In the early going, the Yankees had some issues with Segal’s strike zone.
After Cameron Maybin was struck out looking in the fourth, Mike Tauchman took a Sean Reid-Foley pitch for a strike – a call that was met with more vocal disapproval from the visiting bench.
On audio, Maybin was heard shouting an expletive that seemed to be directed at the Tauchman strike call, not the umpire personally.
That’s when Segal tossed Gardner, whose biggest offense was banging his bat atop the dugout roof.
“Last time I checked, that wasn’t against the rules,” Gardner said.
Boone came out to ask Segal who’d been ejected and was amazed to find out it was Gardner.
Trying to save his player from ejection, Boone offered that he’d been the one that yelled the expletive.
And in a flash, Gardner went from confused to confrontational, repeatedly shouting to Segal that he’d gotten it wrong – spiked by an expletive.
“Gardy’s as competitive and fiery as they come,’’ Boone said. “I understand how fired up he was. And I found out how strong he was, trying to hold him back.’’
At one point, Gardner used a slip move to get out of Boone’s grip.
Tauchman completed his at-bat by hitting a home run, his 12th of the year.
Aaron Judge, who was getting a rest from the starting lineup, entered the game for Gardner in right field, something Gardner said that “makes me madder than anything else,” with the Yanks playing short on the bench.
“Just a frustrating night all around.”
Flashpoint flashback
Though it’s possible that Gardner could be facing a one-game suspension because of his aggressive actions, he was emphatic in stating that he wouldn’t.
Gardner added his frustration at the system, saying there’d be “no accountability whatsoever’’ for being misidentified and ejected from a game by Segal.
“He probably doesn’t have to talk to anybody about it unfortunately,’’ said Gardner, adding that he’s not interested in any apologies.
Through a pool reporter, crew chief Dan Iassogna said he would not comment on the ejection. “It will be in our report…and we will watch the tape.’’
Friday night’s battle was reminiscent of last month’s sensational Boone argument with Brennan Miller, after the rookie umpire called Gardner out on strikes.
Enraged by Miller’s strike zone, Boone defended Gardner by yelling that his Yankees were “(expletive) savages in that box,’’ and that Miller ought to tighten up his work.
In taking the argument directly to the umpire, Boone brushed up against Miller’s cap and was given a one-game suspension, which he immediately served.
Going, gone
In all, it was a feisty moment during an extended period of euphoria for the Yankees.
With home runs by Tauchman and Mike Ford, the Yankees have hit multiple homers in eight straight games, their longest such streak since a club record nine in 2009, their last world championship season.
Following Thursday’s 12-6 win at Toronto, the Yankees had set a new MLB record with 19 home runs in a four-game stretch.
That topped the previous mark shared by the 2000 Astros, 1996 Athletics and 1977 Red Sox.
Happ was shaky from the start, yielding a two-run homer to Randal Grichuk and a solo shot to Teoscar Hernandez, the first of his two on the night.
But the one that really hurt was No. 9 hitter Danny Jansen’s three-run homer in the third.
Jansen was given a new life when first baseman D.J. LeMahieu lost sight of his foul pop up in the twilight, with the roof open at Rogers Centre.
The ball dropped near the stands instead of falling in LeMahieu’s glove for the third out and Jansen made Happ and the Yankees pay.
“Right now, it seems like if it can go wrong, it will,’’ said Happ, who gave up six runs in five innings. “Certainly not feeling sorry for myself. I’ve got to fight my way out of it.’’
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