NEW YORK — Injured Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was the first player to leave the clubhouse after yesterday's 6-4 win over the Yankees. As he walked past a group of reporters, he said: "Get some glasses for the umpire."

What Ortiz was referring to was a play with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon retired the first two batters he faced as Boston was trying to hold a 6-3 lead. The right-hander then walked the Yankees' Brett Gardner before Derek Jeter stepped to the plate.

The Yankee captain smoked a low liner to shallow center field. Coco Crisp made what appeared to be a spectacular, game-ending catch. Third-base umpire Wally Bell, however, didn’t see it that way and signaled it was a hit. That allowed Gardner to score New York's fourth run and put Jeter on second with Bobby Abreu, representing the tying run, at the plate.

Television replays showed Crisp caught the ball.

Crisp and left fielder Jacoby Ellsbury both argued with the umpires that the ball was, in fact, caught. Red Sox manager Terry Francona ran out to state his case, too.

"It looked to me like he caught it," said Francona. "The easy thing to do is stay out there and scream, but that doesn't help 'Pap' get the next out. He needs to make pitches, so I need to move on. The easy thing is to lose your cool, but it's not productive."

Papelbon then got Abreu to fly out to deep center field with Crisp making the catch at the wall to end the game.

Afterward, Crisp didn't want to make a big deal about the controversial call.

"There’s nothing special about the whole incident," he said. "He missed the call on a tough play and fortunately 'Pap' got the next guy out. Unfortunately, he has to give that run up."

Still, Crisp was taken aback by the original call.

"I was surprised," he said. "But it was a tough play to see. I clearly caught it, but it's still tough to see. They did their best, they just got this one wrong. It’s a good crew out there and you expect them to get it right, but everybody's human."

Bell admitted to reporters after the game that the umpiring crew blew the call.