Torres’ 3-run walk-off HR wins it for the Yankees

YANKEES 7, INDIANS 4

NEW YORK — Move over, Mickey Mantle.

Gleyber Torres is the latest Yankees phenom earning his pinstripes right off the bat.

On a day when hits were hard to come by in the Bronx, the rookie second baseman became the youngest Yankees player to hit a walk-off home run, a three-run shot in the ninth inning that gave New York a 7-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Sunday for its 15th win in 16 games.

At 21 years and 144 days, Torres bettered Mantle, who was 21 years and 185 days when he hit a three-run, ninth-inning drive off Boston’s Ellis Kinder in a 6-3 victory on April 23, 1953.

“He’s been special,” smiling Manager Aaron Boone said about Torres.

Domingo German pitched six hitless innings in his first major league start for the Yankees, who nonetheless fell behind 4-0 when Cleveland broke through against relievers Dellin Betances and Jonathan Holder. Yonder Alonso’s leadoff single against Betances in the eighth was the first hit for the scuffling Indians, who have lost seven of 10.1

Mike Clevinger went 7 / innings 3 in his first start against the Yankees, setting career highs with 10 strikeouts and 116 pitches. He issued two of his four walks in the eighth as New York rallied.

Closer Cody Allen gave up a twoout RBI single to Brett Gardner and an opposite-field, two-run double to right by Aaron Judge before retiring Gary Sanchez with two on.

Aaron Hicks and Walker, who began the day batting .182, opened the ninth with consecutive doubles to tie it and chase Allen (2-1). One out later, pinch-hitter Giancarlo Stanton

was intentionally walked, and Torres drove a full-count pitch from Dan Otero over the center-field fence.

Chasen Shreve (2-0) struck out two in a perfect ninth for the victory.