The New York Yankees are in a heated playoff race where every game in September is going to be important, which makes how Wednesday night's 8-7 loss to the Astros ended even more frustrating for the team and its fans.
Jazz Chisholm was up in the ninth inning with nobody on and two outs. He thought he had drawn a walk after a 3-2 pitch sailed well outside the strike zone but then home plate umpire Brian Walsh, who had a brutal night behind the plate, rang him up on called third strike and the Astros' home crowd celebrated in delight.
Chisholm was rightfully not happy about the call and he let Walsh know about his feelings as he yelled at him before teammates got in the middle and steered him away from Walsh.
Here's how that played out:
A crazy game between the Astros and Yankees ends on a ball and Jazz let the umpire know pic.twitter.com/EJxZZ38DIy
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Yankees manager Aaron Boone wasn't around for that final out because he was ejected earlier in the game after chewing Walsh out.
Devin Williams and Aaron Boone get tossed.
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The Yankees had every right to be mad at Walsh, as he made a number of bad calls throughout the game that hurt the Yankees.
Umpire Brian Walsh ended the game on a bad called strikeout to Jazz Chisholm in a 1 run game.
— Umpire Auditor (@UmpireAuditor) September 4, 2025
Walsh missed 21 calls in the game and 15 went against the Yankees. pic.twitter.com/SiSyXbCxZ6
The Yankees are now 3.5 games behind the Blue Jays in the AL East after Toronto rallied for a win in Cincinnati on Wednesday night. New York is currently tied with the Red Sox for the first wild-card spot.
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