Yankees sweep Rays in twin bill
NEW YORK — Yankees manager Aaron Boone got fired up at rookie umpire Brennan Miller in a profane second-inning rant, and New York awoke from a sleepy start to rally past the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2 in the opener of a doubleheader sweep Thursday.
New York rallied to win the second game 5-1 and reopen an eight-game AL East lead over the secondplace Rays.
After Domingo German 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 Class AAA 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.
PHILLIES 7, DODGERS 6: Bryce Harper tied the game with an RBI single, and Rhys Hoskins ripped a tworun single in the seventh inning to rally Philadelphia to a win over visiting Los Angeles.
RED SOX 5, BLUE JAYS 0: Chris Sale and two relievers combined on a two-hitter, and the Boston ace struck out 12 in six innings against Toronto for his first regular-season win at Fenway Park in more than a year.
MARLINS 4, PADRES 3: Brian Anderson doubled home the winning run with one out in the ninth inning, and Miami earned its first walkoff victory of the year by beating San Diego.
INDIANS 6, TIGERS 3: Trevor Bauer struck out 10 in 62⁄3 innings, Jose Ramirez hit a go-ahead homer, and host Cleveland beat Detroit for the 11th straight time.
ROYALS 6, WHITE SOX 5: Cheslor Cuthbert and Jorge Soler homered in a five-run third inning, and Kansas City completed a four-game sweep of visiting Chicago.
NATIONALS 13, BRAVES 4: Stephen Strasburg had a three-run homer among his three hits and set a franchise-record for a pitcher with five RBIs as Washington won at Atlanta. CARDINALS 7, REDS 4: Tommy Edman snapped a sixth-inning tie with his first career grand slam, and St. Louis won at Cincinnati. TWINS 6, ATHLETICS 3: Pinch-hitter Eddie Rosario drove a go-ahead, three-run homer on the first pitch from reliever Yusmeiro Petit in the seventh inning, and host Minnesota beat Oakland. BREWERS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 1: Orlando Arcia hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning to decide a duel between pitchers Zach Davies and Merrill Kelly, and Milwaukee won at Arizona.