BOSTON — If DJ LeMahieu knew he was going to get ejected for the first time in his career Friday night, perhaps he would have gotten his money’s worth.
Instead, he got the hook for what he considered a pretty tame comment in a heated top of the 10th inning before the Yankees fell to the Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway Park.
After LeMahieu’s line drive down the first-base line was called foul, with the call standing upon replay review and Aaron Boone getting tossed arguing it, the veteran infielder grounded out to end the inning.
As he passed first-base umpire Jeremie Rehak, he said something that got him ejected, but according to LeMahieu, it did not include any magic word or one that would get him fined by the FCC.
“I just said, ‘That was a brutal call,’ ” LeMahieu said. “[Rehak] was like, ‘What did you say?’ I was like, ‘That was brutal.’ That was it. Obviously, it’s a high-intensity moment in the game and high-pressure and emotions are running high.”
Still, LeMahieu indicated he has said much worse in the past and stayed in games.
“Of all the things I’ve said to umpires, I was pretty surprised,” he said.
LeMahieu is not one to show up umpires or even say much to them. He made it through 1,651 career games before getting tossed Friday night.
“I knew it was coming at some point,” Aaron Judge said. “For good reason on that one; that’s a fair ball. Not much to it.”
Jazz Chisholm Jr. was out of the lineup Friday for the second straight day after leaving Wednesday’s game early with left groin tightness.
He took pregame ground balls at third base Friday, just like he did Thursday before he ended up being available in an emergency only off the bench in the series finale against the Royals.
Chisholm also hit indoors Friday and ran, hoping to check off the last boxes in proving to the training staff that he was good to go.
“I felt pretty good [Thursday], I feel really good today,” Chisholm said Friday afternoon before going through his workout.
Oswald Peraza got the start at third base in Chisholm’s place.
After getting knocked around by the Red Sox last weekend, Ryan Yarbrough was sharper on Friday, tossing 4 ²/₃ innings of one-run ball. He scattered four hits and three walks, with the only run coming in the second inning when Trevor Story singled, stole second and scored on Ceddanne Rafaela’s single up the middle.
Luke Weaver (hamstring strain) is expected to get on the mound again Saturday, though Boone was not yet sure whether it would be another bullpen session or facing hitters for the first time since landing on the injured list.
The reliever has thrown two bullpen sessions so far, the last one coming Wednesday in Kansas City, after which he indicated he was pain-free and able to throw without issues. Weaver was reportedly facing a four-to-six week timeline when he initially went on the IL, but he seems likely to beat that estimate.