The New York Yankees were dominated by the Houston Astros last night after a 15-1 rout. In the sixth inning the Bronx Bombers were down 9-0 and they perhaps took their frustration out on Astros' outfielder Carlos Gomez.
With one out and a runner on in the top of the sixth inning, Gomez just missed getting the barrel of his bat on a Chris Capuano curveball. He flied out to center field and, obviously upset with the outcome, yelled at himself when jogging down to first base and flipped his bat in frustration.
The Yankees didn't like that at all and members of the team started shouting at Gomez from the dugout. As a result, the benches cleared and the exchange continued.
Check it out in the video below, courtesy of MLB.com:
Gomez was confused as to why the Yankees were upset with him. He was merely expressing discontent with his own effort at the plate and it had nothing to do with anyone but himself.
"I did not understand very well what people were yelling at me," Gomez told Andrew Marchand of ESPNNewYork.com. "I just asked, 'Why are you yelling at me?' And then someone came out of the dugout and started screaming, and I said, 'Shut up, shut up; if you want to tell me something, come here and say what you have to say.'"
Yankees' catcher John Ryan Murphy expressed his own opinion and said, "I just think there was no room for that in a 9-0 game." Manager Joe Girardi agreed, especially after Gomez directed some of his comments toward the Yankees' skipper.
"When [Gomez] came back, he started yelling at me," Girardi added. "I wasn't the guy who said anything. He is a kid, who plays hard, but there have been a number of clubs who have taken exception to some of the things he does on the field. It just got a little heated.
"I just told him, 'Play the game the right way.' They are kicking our rear ends, show a little professionalism to the pitcher. I know you missed a pitch and you are frustrated by it. I just think it is a little too much."
Gomez may have understood where the Yankees' rationale was coming from, but he didn't sympathize with them.
"I don't care what Joe Girardi says," he told Marly Rivera of ESPN Deportes.
"If they feel frustrated, that's not my problem. This is part of the game, part of the nature of competition, and those who don't know how to compete, can just go home and cry."
We'll see who gets the last word in today at 1:05 p.m. ET as the two clubs battle to take the three-game series.
