Boone ejected by home-plate ump after arguing strike call on García

TORONTO -- An eventful top of the sixth inning Friday night at Rogers Centre saw the Yankees both strike first in a scoreless affair and lose their manager for the evening.

New York skipper Aaron Boone was ejected by home-plate umpire Vic Carapazza for arguing a strike call on the first pitch of Luis García Jr.’s two-out at-bat against Blue Jays righty Shane Bieber. The pitch appeared to be low but was called for a strike.

After the Yankees’ dugout voiced its frustrations to Carapazza, the umpire turned to Boone and appeared to ask, "What'd you say? I couldn't hear you. What'd you say?”

The response Carapazza got back wasn’t to his liking as he tossed the manager, appearing to reply, "That's exactly what I thought you said."

Boone then went onto the field to get his money’s worth with Carapazza before heading back to the clubhouse.

“That was the first time I said anything,” Boone relayed postgame. “Obviously there were a lot of challenges early, and rightfully so. I just said, ‘We can't challenge everything.’”

The grievance came despite Trent Grisham’s leadoff homer earlier in the inning, which gave the Yankees a 1-0 lead in the series opener north of the border.

New York went on to lose, 3-1, after Toronto scored two in the bottom of the sixth before adding an insurance run in the eighth.

“I actually watched the replay, and I just said, ‘It's low,’” Boone later added. “Those things happen, and at the end of the day, we’ve got to find a way to score.”

It was Boone’s fourth ejection of the season and 50th of his career.

Bench coach Brad Ausmus took over as New York’s acting manager for the rest of the contest.