NEW YORK — More like pitching a fit coach.
(It’s a joke.)
Mild-mannered Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake was thrown out in the third inning of the second game of Sunday’s doubleheader with the White Sox at Yankee Stadium.
Blake appeared to have yelled something from the dugout that bothered plate umpire Greg Gibson, who’s also the crew chief.
With one out, manager Aaron Boone left the dugout to speak to Gibson. It seemed like he had an issue with Tim Anderson’s single. Replays showed that the ball hit Anderson’s foot after the swing before dribbling to the left side, where pitcher Luis Severino fell trying to field it.
The umpires convened for a moment, and then Boone talked again with Gibson before Gibson threw out Blake.
Blake then came onto the field and had an exchange with Gibson. Boone stayed in the game.
The Yankees lost the first game of the doubleheader, 3-1.
From the Yankees on Severino going into the night:
RHP Luis Severino will make his eighth start of the season in Game 2 today’s doubleheader vs. Chicago-AL…the 28-year-old will pitch on extended five days’ rest due to Friday’s rainout…last started on Monday at Baltimore, recording his third win of the season after allowing just 1ER over a season-high-tying 6.0IP (1H, 2BB, 7K, 1HP, 1HR)…went 1-0 in four scoreless relief appearances for the Yankees in 2021 (6.0IP, 2H, 1BB, 8K) after missing the first 150 games of the season on the injured list after undergoing “Tommy John” surgery on 2/27/20…the two-time AL All-Star (2017, ‘18) ranked third in the Majors in 2018 with 19 wins (19-8), tied for second-most by a Yankee in the last 14 seasons (since 2009) behind CC Sabathia (21-7 in 2010)…has two of the top-seven single-season strikeout totals in Yankees history (230K in 2017, 220K in 2018)…is one of three pitchers in Yankees history with multiple 200-strikeout seasons (also David Cone, 1997-98 and Ron Guidry, 1978-79)…finished third in 2017 AL Cy Young Award voting…was originally signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on 12/26/11…signed to a four-year contract extending through the 2022 season with a club option for the 2023 season on 2/15/19.
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