Yankees' Aaron Boone, DJ LeMahieu ejected over controversial foul ball in extra-innings loss to Red Sox

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone and second baseman DJ LeMahieu were ejected in the th inning of the association s - loss to the Boston Red Sox Friday at Fenway Park for arguing a foul ball LeMahieu was batting in the top of the th inning with two outs and he slashed a drive down the right field line off Red Sox reliever Garrett Whitlock First base umpire Jeremie Rehak called the ball foul and the normally subdued LeMahieu reacted in disagreement with the call as he ran down the first baseline Boone then challenged the call CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMAfter a lengthy review the umpires upheld the call that the ball went foul Boone not happy with the decision was incensed Boone yelled at the umpires threw his hands up in disbelief and took the gum out of his mouth throwing it to the field He was promptly ejected by home plate umpire John Tumpane I want the courage to overturn the call Boone communicated reporters after the contest A quarter of the ball is on the line BREWERS' MPH-THROWING PROSPECT JACOB MISIOROWSKI FORCED TO LEAVE NO-HIT MLB DEBUTLeMahieu ended up grounding out to first base to end the inning As LeMahieu passed Rehak he let the first base umpire know of his displeasure and was ejected for the first time in his -year career LeMahieu commented he described Rehak That was a brutal call before being ejected according to NJ Advance Media Of all the things I ve mentioned to umpires I was pretty surprised The -year-old second baseman commented he did not curse at Rehak The Yankees didn t number in the top of the th inning and the Red Sox walked the Yankees off in the bottom of the inning to take the first contest of the three-game series The Yankees - take on the Red Sox - in the second event of the series at ET on FOX Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter