Yankees pummel Indians, umpires

NEW YORK — Manager Aaron Boone, Brett Gardner and the New York Yankees again hammered away at the umpires, this time in rants that brought several members of the team spilling onto the field, while beating the Cleveland Indians 6-5.

Gleyber Torres hit two home runs and Didi Gregorius and DJ LeMahieu also connected for the AL East-leading Yankees.

But what really fired up the crowd of 47,347 at Yankee Stadium occurred in the sixth inning after Cameron Maybin was called out on strikes by Class AAA ump Ben May.

For the third time in a month — each time with a minor league call-up umpire behind the plate — the team with the best record in American League lost its temper in a big way. This episode led to Boone, Gardner and pitcher CC Sabathia being ejected.

James Paxton (9-6) went five innings for the win. Zach Plesac (6-4) was chased in the fifth.

TWINS 12, RANGERS 7: C.J. Cron had a two-run home in a six-run first inning as visiting Minnesota went on to beat Texas.

BREWERS 15, NATIONALS 14 (14): Eric Thames smashed a two-run homer in the top of the 14th inning to cap off a high-scoring marathon as Milwaukee topped host Washington in 14 innings.

CUBS 2, PIRATES 0: Kris Bryant homered in the seventh inning as Chicago escaped with a win over host Pittsburgh.

REDS 6, CARDINALS 1: Aristides Aquino hit a threerun homer, Nick Senzel added a leadoff shot, and host Cincinnati topped St. Louis.

BRAVES 4, DODGERS 3: Josh Donaldson and Adam Duvall hit consecutive homers off Hyun-Jin Ryu in the sixth inning in a win over visitin Los Angeles.

RAYS 1, TIGERS 0 (13): Mike Brosseau’s pinch-hit RBI single in the 13th inning drove in Eric Sogard to give host Tampa Bay a win over Detroit.

RED SOX 4, ORIOLES 0: Eduardo Rodriguez pitched 7 1⁄3 stellar innings as host Boston beat Baltimore for its fourth straight victory.

The win came a few hours after Boston had to put ace lefty Chris Sale on the 10-day injured list due to inflammation in his left elbow.

ANGELS 6, WHITE SOX 5: Mike Trout’s bases loaded single drove in two as host Los Angeles beat Chicago.

GIANTS 11, DIAMONDBACKS 6: Brandon Belt hit a grand slam to lead San Francisco over host Arizona.

MARINERS 4, BLUE JAYS 3: Kyle Seager hit a tiebreaking home run as visiting Seattle beat Toronto.

METS 4, ROYALS 1: Jacob deGrom pitched seven sharp innings in a win over host Kansas City.

PADRES 5, PHILLIES 3: Dinelson Lamet pitched six solid innings as visiting San Diego beat Philadelphia.

ROCKIES 11, MARLINS 4: Ryan McMahon mashed two home runs to help host Colorado beat Miami.