Boone rants, NY sweeps
The Savages of The Stadium. That’s what the New York Yankees are in the mind of manager Aaron Boone.
Boone got fired up at rookie umpire Brennan Miller in a profane secondinning rant, and the Yankees awoke from a sleepy start to rally past the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2 in the opener of a doubleheader sweep yesterday in New York.
The Yankees rallied to win the second game 5-1 and reopen an eight-game AL East lead over the secondplace Rays. Luke Voit tied the score in the fifth with his first home run since June 14, and catcher Mike Zunino caused Charlie Morton to balk home the tiebreaking run in a four-run sixth that included Didi Gregorius’ two-run single. The Yankees won three of four in the series and improved to 34-11 against the AL East, including 12-5 against Tampa Bay.
After Domingo Germán gave up homers to the first two batters of the doubleheader, Gio Urshela hit a tying home run in the second off Yonny Chirinos. And then Boone indelibly imprinted his temper on the Yankees season.
Brett Gardner took a 1-2 splitter on or off the inside of the plate for strike three, returned to the dugout, slammed his bat into the helmet cubbyholes nine times and then eight times into the dugout roof. Microphones caught Boone yelling that the pitch was outside to Miller, a Triple-A International League crew chief who made his big league debut April 20 as a call-up umpire.
Miller said, “I heard you, Aaron,” and when Boone persisted, the umpire ejected him. Boone ran out and kept up the argument, getting close to Miller’s face and clapping his hands for emphasis in a profanity filled performance that would have made Billy Martin proud.
“My guys are (expletive) savages in that(expletive) box, right? And you’re having a piece of (expletive) start to this game. I feel bad
for you, but (expletive) get better,” Boone said, going on to repeat his thoughts several times. Indians 6, Tigers 3 — Trevor Bauer (9-7) struck out 10 in 6⅔ innings, José Ramírez hit a go-ahead home run in the sixth and host Cleveland beat Detroit for the 11th straight time.
Cleveland swept the fourgame series and moved to 12-1 against Detroit this season. Royals 6, White Sox 5 —
Cheslor Cuthbert and Jorge Soler homered in a five-run third inning and host Kansas City stayed hot by completing a four-game sweep of Chicago.
Ian Kennedy gave up a run in the ninth, but struck out A.J. Reed looking with the tying run on second base to clinch the win and earn his 16th save in 19 opportunities.
National League
Stephen Strasburg (12-4) had a three-run homer among his three hits and set a franchiserecord for a pitcher with five RBI, as surging Washington beat host Atlanta.
Washington had four extrabase hits, including Strasburg’s homer, in an eight-run third inning. Victor Robles had a two-run double, Adam Eaton tripled in a run and Anthony Rendon had a run-scoring double in the big inning.
Phillies 7, Dodgers 6 — Bryce Harper tied the game with an RBI single and Rhys Hoskins ripped a two-RBI single in the seventh inning to rally host Philadelphia to a victory over Los Angeles.
Phillies closer Hector Neris, pitching while appealing a three-game suspension, gave up a solo homer to Alex Verdugo in the ninth to make it 7-6. But he got the final out for his 18th save.
Cardinals 7, Reds 4 — Tommy Edman snapped a sixth-inning tie with his first career grand slam and visiting St. Louis beat Cincinnati for its fifth win in six games.
All-Star Paul DeJong hit a two-run homer in the fifth, and Edman broke it open an inning later.
Marlins 4, Padres 3 — Brian Anderson doubled home the winning run with one out in the ninth inning, and host Miami earned its first walkoff victory of the year by beating San Diego.