YANKEES ’BURY TRIBE

Jacoby triple sparks rout in Cleveland as Severino aces his latest test

YANKS GAMEDAY

CLEVELAND — Jacoby Ellsbury to the rescue. The $153 million man came through with a rare big hit on Sunday afternoon, delivering a three-run triple with two outs in the sixth inning that propelled the Yankees to an 8-1 victory over the Indians at Progressive Field. Ellsbury, who came in hitting .128 since the All-Star break, finished 2-for-4 with a run scored.

The Bombers wound up splitting their four-game series with the defending AL champions after losing on Thursday and Friday. Emerging ace Luis Severino was terrific yet again, striking out nine over 6.2 innings of one-run, two-hit, one-walk ball. Severino is 4-0 in his last five starts with a 0.83 ERA.

Aaron Judge added his 35th homer, a three-run shot with one out in the seventh.

The Yankees will throw CC Sabathia, Masahiro Tanaka and Sonny Gray in Toronto, with the rest of the rotation to be determined.

The story before the game was Gary Sanchez being out of the lineup and not catching for a second straight game due to his defensive woes behind the plate.

Jacoby Ellsbury and Yankees have plenty to celebrate after slumping outfielder delivers big hit, a bases-loaded triple, to highlight a five-run sixth inning that is helped along by Indians’ decision to intentionally walk the struggling Aaron Judge...