Aaron Boone tossed as Yankees-umpires war reaches new level

Aaron Boone went savage again on Saturday.

The manager — and hitting coach Marcus Thames — were tossed after Giancarlo Stanton was called out on strikes to end the bottom of the first.

The Yankees took issue with a pair of questionably called strikes by home plate umpire Jeremie Rehak and Boone could be seen yelling from the dugout. Boone was tossed by crew chief Joe West from third base, and Thames was thrown out by Rehak.

Boone had a heated exchange with West after the ejection.

“Obviously, I was pretty animated and pretty upset with a couple calls in the at-bat with Giancarlo and let [Rehak] know,’’ Boone said following the 7-2 win in The Bronx. “Joe came down the line. I was pretty upset, whether warranted or not. The bottom line is I got tossed.”

And he didn’t think the ejection was related to the Yankees’ displeasure with West’s called strike during Brett Gardner’s ninth-inning at-bat on Friday.

It was Boone’s fifth ejection of the season — and ninth in two years as manager.

Both Boone and Gardner called the missed pitch on Friday — which was clearly outside — “frustrating,” since it would have put the tying run on base.

Boone made no apologies on Saturday.

“Sometimes I’ve gotten a little animated, but you know what, I like to think I’m always in control of my emotions,’’ Boone said. “There’s times I’m gonna fight. I think it’s necessary. As hard as we are on our guys about controlling the strike zone and how much we demand of them in that regard, it’s something I’m passionate about and I’m gonna fight.”

As has been the case during several of the Yankees’ disagreements with umps this season, Rehak was a minor league call-up behind the plate.

Boone said that didn’t factor into why he was angry.

“I was just upset within an at-bat where I felt [Stanton] is coming back and felt a few times there where it got taken away,’’ Boone said.

And he noted that he was walking away when West threw him out and didn’t believe Rehak would have done it.

With the postseason approaching, Boone was asked if he needed to alter his approach to avoid being ejected in important games.

“I don’t want to [say] five [ejections] isn’t a lot, but there’s also 150 times I haven’t [been thrown out],’’ Boone said. “So a lot of times, I’m not saying anything.”