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Houston Astros starting pitcher Framber Valdez struggled in the team’s 7-1 loss to the New York Yankees on Tuesday and appeared to air his frustrations at his own catcher, Cesar Salazar.

The Yankees led 2-0 in the fifth inning with the bases loaded and two outs. Yankees center fielder Trent Grisham was batting and ahead in the count 1-0.

The pitch clock was winding down on Valdez and Salazar motioned with his hands for Valdez to step off the mound and use a timeout. Valdez ignored Salazar and delivered the pitch barely ahead of the pitch clock expiring.

Grisham swatted Valdez’s 96-mph sinker into the left-field seats for a grand slam to make it a 6-0 game.

In the next at-bat, Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe came up, and it was then that Vald

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