Ray starter Drew Rasmussen appeared to feel bad about losing his cool at the Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm.
Rasmussen turned and yelled at Chisolm, who was on second after smacking a double, for not so subtly relaying pitches or where the catcher was setting up to Randal Grichuk during the second inning at Tropicana Field on Sunday.
Chisholm wasn’t doing anything illegal. In fact, tipping off pitch locations from second base has become an accepted form of gamesmanship in baseball.
But maybe the way Chisholm was doing it, lifting his right arm, must have annoyed Rasmussen enough for him to be furious at the Yankees’ second baseman, scolding him from the pitcher’s mound. Grichuk ended up striking out anyway.
After some light jawing back, Chisholm appeared to shrug off Rasmussen, who eventually must have felt bad about his actions.
Rasmussen appeared to apologize to Chisolm in the fifth after he flew out to right. The pitcher looked like he was telling Chisholm his outburst was not like him.
“He said, ‘I’m sorry,’” Michael Kay said on the YES broadcast. “Wow, you don’t see that very often.”
Rasmussen dominated the Yankees in the 5-4 win that completed the sweep and handed the Bombers a fifth straight loss.
He allowed one hit and struck out seven over six innings. Chisholm, who made a costly mental error in Saturday’s game, went 1-for-4 as his struggles at the plate continued. He is hitting just .179 on the season.