Moment furious Mets manager Carlos Mendoza ERUPTS at MLB officials before getting ejected from Yankees game

New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza was ejected from their defeat against the Yankees on Sunday after losing his cool with an MLB umpire over balls and strikes.

When Luis Torrens was struck out in the ninth inning despite the ball appearing to fall just outside the strike zone, Mendoza immediately ran onto the field in protest.

The Venezuelan erupted after making a beeline for the officials, gesturing furiously while shouting in their faces before he was swiftly ejected from the game.

In the end his team were beaten 6-4 by city rivals the Yankees in the third and final game of their latest Subway Series.

‘It had been building up the whole game,’ Mendoza said in his postgame press conference. ‘Can go back to strike two on [Juan] Soto, I think it was the second at bat. It’s not even close to the strike zone.

‘And then especially in that situation [with Torrens], you’re down two and you want to get guys on base and keep the line moving so hopefully Soto and Pete [Alonso] get a chance here, and then you get two calls like that that don’t go your way… it’s just pretty frustrating.’

More to follow.