NEW YORK — Red Sox manager John Farrell could be facing a suspension from Major League Baseball for his actions on Friday night.

In a wild 3-2 loss against the Yankees, Farrell was ejected for arguing balls and strikes in the ninth inning but never left the dugout area. When David Ortiz was ejected one pitch later, Farrell was on the field holding Ortiz back.

“I’m sure I’ll hear something. You always do when you’re thrown out of a ballgame. We’ll see what comes down,’’ Farrell said on Saturday. “Yeah, I came back out.’’

Asked why he stayed on the field, Farrell smiled.

“It was a great finish to a game. I didn’t want to miss it,’’ he said.

The actual reason, Farrell said, was that he saw how angry Ortiz was with umpire Ron Kulpa after two pitches that appeared off the plate were called strikes at a crucial moment in the game.

“The players are first and foremost. Given what was taking place at the moment you never want to see any kind of physical contact, as slight as it might be,’’ Farrell said.

“I felt it was important to step in. Any time you see a confrontation, you get a sense of guys’ personalities and how their initial reaction is, if it’s going to escalate fairly quick.

“That probably had a chance to escalate pretty quick.’’

Farrell did come away with one positive impression from the whole mess.

“David Ortiz is not playing out the string in his last year,’’ he said.

“He’s an extreme competitor and it showed up very clearly [Friday] night.’’

Whenever a manager is ejected, the umpires file a report with MLB and discipline is issued from there. Unlike players, managers do not have the right to appeal.

Ortiz also could face some sort of discipline, more likely a fine.

Kelly gets closer

Joe Kelly had no issues with his shoulder during his rehab start with Triple A Pawtucket on Friday. He went three innings and 52 pitches and is scheduled to pitch again on Wednesday for the PawSox.

Farrell said Kelly would be cleared to throw up to 80 pitches in his next start. If he reaches that mark, the Sox could then activate him.

Kelly was 92-94 miles per hour with his fastball, Farrell said.

Eduardo Rodriguez starts for Pawtucket on Sunday in what could be his final rehab start. The lefthander has thrown 9? innings in two starts and hopes to rejoin the major league rotation this week.

Rodriguez had his season delayed by a right knee injury suffered Feb. 29 during a spring training workout. His final hurdle, Farrell said, is “pitching freely and aggressively’’ without concern for the injury.

Hitting streaks

Jackie Bradley Jr. extended his hitting streak to a career-best 13 games with a home run in the fifth inning.

Bradley is 16 of 47 (.340) during the streak with 3 doubles, 3 triples, 3 home runs, 11 RBIs, and 8 runs. He is hitting .277 on the season with a healthy .838 OPS.

Hanley Ramirez was 1 for 3 and extended his hitting streak to 11 games. That has raised his batting average to .292. Ramirez also had another strong day at first base, making several difficult grabs to save teammates from throwing errors.

In the pink

Players on both teams will wear pink equipment on Sunday, part of a Mother’s Day campaign to raise awareness for breast cancer detection and research.

Steven Wright, Sunday’s starter for the Red Sox, received some new pink cleats but they weren’t the high tops he usually uses, so they were passed on to teammate Carson Smith.

Nearly all of the hitters received new pink bats in recent days.

Bronx cheers

A day after his run-in with Kulpa, Ortiz was 0 for 4 with a strikeout. He also grounded into a double play and was booed heartily by the sellout crowd of 47,822 . . . The Sox have not named a starter for Tuesday. Sean O’Sullivan remains a candidate, Farrell said. O’Sullivan, called up from Pawtucket on Friday, pitched an inning of relief and allowed a run on two hits. The Sox have already used 19 pitchers this season . . . Jacoby Ellsbury was out of the Yankees lineup and questionable for Sunday with tightness in his right hip. He was injured running the bases in the first inning on Friday.

Peter Abraham can be reached at pabraham@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @PeteAbe.