Domingo Germán retired his first 16 batters, struck out a career-high 11 over 6 1/3 innings and helped the Yankees in a win that stopped the Twins' four-game winning streak.
So just before the start of the fourth inning Saturday, Germán found an umpire addressing him sternly, inches from his face, thepitcher accused of having excessive sticky substance on his pitching hand and the opposing team demanding his ejection.
Germán had rosin on his hand, was asked by crew chief James Hoye to wash it and allowed some to remain on a pinkie finger. Major League Baseball began a crackdown on banned grip aides in June 2021 and last month called for heightened checks. Just two pitchers have been ejected for foreign sustances: Seattle's Héctor Santiago and Arizona's Caleb Smith, both for 10 games in 2021.
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