The Denver Post

Yankees-Tigers game features three fights, and eight ejections, in Detroit’s 10-6 victory.

- By Noah Trister

DETROIT» Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera and Yankees catcher Austin Romine wrestled on the ground near home plate during the first of three bench-clearing altercatio­ns during Detroit’s testy 10-6 victory over New York on Thursday.

Five players were ejected, along with both managers and the Yankees’ bench coach.

Justin Upton and James McCann homered for Detroit, and Gary Sanchez went deep for the Yankees, but that all became secondary on a day when the umpires had their hands full trying to maintain order.

Major League Baseball now figures to be busy, too, sorting out likely suspension­s that could especially hurt the playoff-contending Yankees.

The winning and losing pitchers — Detroit’s Alex Wilson (2-4) and New York’s Dellin Betances (3-5) — were among those ejected.

Betances was tossed after hitting a batter in the helmet with a pitch. He tried to indicate it was a breaking ball and argued with the umps.

This was the final time the Yankees and Tigers were scheduled to play this season.

Last month, the teams had a game at Yankee Stadium in which four batters were hit.

The ill will this time carried over to the Detroit dugout, where star pitcher Justin Verlander and teammates Victor Martinez and Nicholas Castellano­s got into some sort of dispute.

Shane Greene got five outs for his fourth save.

The problems probably began when Detroit’s Michael Fulmer hit Sanchez with a pitch in the fifth, an inning after Sanchez had homered for the fourth time in this three-game series.

Fulmer looked like he might be hurt after throwing that pitch, and he was checked by the trainer before staying in the game.

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