Both Duncan and Gomes, as well as Yankees coaches Bobby Meacham and Kevin Long were ejected from the game.
Yankees starter Heath Phillips was having a rough enough inning, having allowed 2 runs, when he was ejected for hitting the Rays Evan Longoria.
Girardi vehemently argued the call and he probably had a point since the ball barely hit Longoria, and the Rays already had two men on base.
Unfortunately there was no live TV or radio coverage of the game.
Source: PeteAbe
Follow up from Peter Abraham, with clubhouse quotes.
Iwamura has a cut on his thigh from Duncan’s spike. “Duncan himself knows it wasn’t a fair play,” he said.From Yankees.comJohnny Gomes: “It was premeditated on his part. … I know it’s not the Yankee way. You rarely see the Yankees do stuff like that.”
Duncan: “I just went hard into his glove. I was just going in hard. There was no malicious intent.”
"I just think [Duncan] tried to inflict pain on Aki," Gomes said. "That just comes second nature. I was taught all the way from T-ball to have a teammate's back.
"It's a baseball field. There's fans and kids watching. I had to let [Duncan] know that's not going to fly."
This clearly isn't over.
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