NEW YORK -- It was the kind of judgment call that can swing a game in either direction.

And unfortunately for the Angels, it went against them on Wednesday night. Superstar Mike Trout was ruled out on a checked swing on a 3-2 pitch with runners at first and second in a tie game in the ninth inning against Yankees closer Clay Holmes. It ended a potential rally for the Angels, who would’ve had the bases loaded with Anthony Rendon coming up, and it left manager Phil Nevin livid.

Nevin was ejected for arguing with both home-plate umpire Lance Barksdale and first-base umpire Will Little, the latter of whom rang Trout up for swinging at the 3-2 slider in the dirt from Holmes. The game ended up going to extra innings and lefty Matt Moore allowed a walk-off sacrifice fly to Gleyber Torres in the 10th to hand the Angels a frustrating 3-2 loss at Yankee Stadium.

“I didn’t think Mike swung, from the side,” Nevin said. “Those are really tough for umpires. Will is good. But it’s just the situation with who is coming up, and Holmes is having trouble throwing strikes. Anthony is not going to swing at a ball at all, so it’s a tough spot. Just where we are at in the game, I’m going to protect my players, especially Mike.”

Trout, who was 2-for-4 heading into that at-bat and a career .340 hitter (32-for-94) at Yankee Stadium to that point, also believed he didn’t go around on the checked-swing call.

“I didn’t think I went,” Trout said. “I didn’t even look at the replay. I feel like I didn’t go. It’s tough. It was a big moment.”

Trout, a three-time AL MVP and 10-time All-Star, was then asked if he planned to watch the replay. The Millville, N.J., native said he heard enough from friends watching the game on television that he didn’t need to see it. But he also lamented even offering at the pitch in the dirt.

“I had text messages from my friends and stuff, I don’t need to look at it,” Trout said. “But it’s tough. At the plate recently, [I’m] just not in a good spot recognizing pitches. It was an easy one to lay off. I shouldn't chase that pitch in the first place. So that's frustrating.”

Moore held the Yankees scoreless in the ninth to send it to extras, where Trout was the designated runner at second base. Trout advanced to third on a grounder from Rendon to bring up Hunter Renfroe.

Renfroe then hit a hard grounder to third, and DJ LeMahieu had to make a sliding stop to his left to make the play. But the Angels didn’t have the contact play on, as Trout was told to only run if he saw the ball go through the infield. But with Trout’s speed, he likely would have scored.

“I've got to talk to the coaches and see what we had on there,” Nevin said. “It’s a tough call there with the infield in. We have good hitters behind Renfroe. Would Mike have scored? He's one of the quicker guys in the game and he’s a good baserunner, so I like our chances there.”

Gio Urshela followed by flying out to right field to end the inning, as the Angels went just 1-for-15 with runners in scoring position. Urshela provided that one hit with a game-tying RBI single in the eighth.

“We had a lot of chances tonight, myself included,” Trout said. “That’s sometimes how it goes. Hang with ‘em and try to get them and win the series tomorrow.”

The Angels were also tormented by Yankees superstar Aaron Judge, who connected on a two-run homer in the first inning off right-hander Griffin Canning and also made two critical defensive plays.

Judge robbed Shohei Ohtani of a homer in the first with a leaping catch up against the center-field wall, as the ball hit off his glove but he was able to snare it with his bare hand. He later made a diving catch in right-center to take away a potential run-scoring hit from Brandon Drury, ending the eighth after Urshela’s RBI single.

“It was a great baseball game, it really was,” Nevin said. “Great defensive plays on both sides. Judge’s catches. Gio’s play in the hole. It was just a great game. And Griffin was awesome, other than the pitch to Judgy. If you miss a little bit with him, he’s going to get you. I’ve seen it many times. It’s not as fun from the other side.”