A strike three call was all it took to ignite Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy in the sixth inning of Tuesday night’s game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park—a crucial called third strike, no less.

With the bases loaded and Texas trailing Boston 6-4, Rangers outfielder Wyatt Langford stepped up to the plate. Facing Red Sox relief pitcher Lucas Sims, Langford was called out on an outside pitch by home plate umpire Erich Bacchus, ending the rally.

Bochy immediately stormed out of the dugout to confront Bacchus, but before he could even get close, the 69-year-old manager was ejected from the game.

“We had the bases loaded with one out, down two runs. We had set ourselves up in the situation we were hoping for, either to tie the game or take the lead,” Bochy explained after Boston’s 9-4 victory, as reported by Bally Sports. “The pitch to Langford—this kid has been on the wrong end of those calls too many times. It’s gotten old, and while it’s hard to tell from our dugout, I know he’s frustrated. I thought the pitch was a bit outside. That’s why I went out there. I’m just tired of him getting the short end of the stick on those calls. It was a big call that changed the count with the bases loaded, putting more pressure on the pitcher, but it didn’t go our way.”

Langford’s strikeout was a gut-wrenching moment for the Rangers, who were trying to claw back from a 6-0 deficit. Instead, Texas reliever José Leclerc allowed three more runs to Boston in the eighth inning, giving the Red Sox plenty of cushion to secure the win. This was particularly disheartening for the Rangers, the reigning World Series champions, who are now in a desperate situation, trailing by 10 games in the American League wild-card race.