After the Yankees finally scored a run to tie the game on Tuesday night in Seattle, Bombers manager Aaron Boone was ejected after arguing a strike call that appeared to be a ball.
With Anthony Volpe on second and one out and the score tied at one apiece, Jasson Domínguez was called out looking on a strike three that appeared to be low.
Domínguez, who is reserved and not known for arguing with officials, threw up his hands in the air and started to argue with the home plate umpire.
“I was surprised, because it was low,” Domínguez said after the Yankees’ 2-1, 11-inning loss to the Mariners. “It is what it is, but I was shocked.”
That prompted Boone to bolt out of the dugout to save Domínguez, who was headed back to the dugout, from getting ejected and was soon tossed from the game.
“I wasn’t even going out to argue,” Boone said. “Obviously it was a bad call, everyone knew it. You don’t see JD react like that, so I was just trying to go out and make sure JD was staying in the game. I was trying to get my player out of there and I thought it was kind of a quick run there. That’s all it was. He clearly missed one in a big spot.”
Boone got his money’s worth, getting right in the face of the home plate umpire Mark Wegner.
Aaron Boone gets in the face of umpire Mark Wegner after being ejected.@Talkinbaseball/X
The call came after the Bombers, who were trailing 1-0 in the ninth, tied the game on Anthony Volpe’s check-swing RBI groundout that scored Pablo Reyes as the tying run.
Mariners closer Andres Munoz got Oswald Peraza to ground out to third base for the final out to escape further damage.
Aaron Boone gets in the face of umpire Mark Wegner after being ejected.@Talkinbaseball/X
Aaron Boone, clapping before the game, was ejected for arguing a strike during the ninth inning of the Yankees’ 2-1, 11-inning loss to the Mariners on May 13, 2025.Getty Images
Reyes was pinch running for Paul Goldschmidt, who singled and stole a base to start the Yankees’ ninth-inning rally.
Luke Weaver held the Mariners scoreless in the bottom of the inning to force the game into extra innings.
But it wasn’t enough as J.P. Crawford’s RBI single in the 11th inning brought home Leody Tavares for the winning run for Seattle.
