Yankees manager Joe Girardi and Indians contemporary Manny Acta got into a heated argument when both benches and bullpens emptied in the second inning on Friday night in New York. The incident was tipped off when Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira was hit behind the shoulder by Cleveland starter Fausto Carmona. No punches were thrown and there appeared to be little pushing and shoving. Plate umpire Dale Scott issued warnings to both teams, and there was no further trouble. "I have respect for Manny. I actually had a nice exchange with Manny at 3 o'clock today. But that doesn't mean there's not some feistiness in me and when my guys are getting plunked, I'm going to protect them," Girardi said. "I told him I thought he did it on purpose and I didn't like it."