Fired-up Yanks edge Indians

Yankees manager Aaron Boone argues with umpires Ben May, center, and Tom Hallion.

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

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

But what really fired up the home crowd occurred in the sixth after Cameron Maybin was called out on strikes by Triple-A ump Ben May.

For the third time in a month — each time with a minor league call-up ump behind the plate — the Yankees lost their temper. This episode led to Boone, Gardner and CC Sabathia being ejected.

The pitch to Maybin was, according to strike zone charts, a bit outside. He calmly stood and discussed it with May and went back to the bench.

Things heated up. Boone came rushing from the dugout to confront May, and engaged in an animated argument.

Boone returned to the bench but came back for another go at May, with crew chief Tom Hallion coming in from second, trying to quell the beef. At the same time, several Yankees were hollering from the dugout, engaging in a close-up argument with first base ump Phil Cuzzi.

Gardner was ejected after banging his bat against the dugout roof and then he climbed over the railing to continue to the dispute with Cuzzi. Coaches Phil Nevin, Marcus Thames and Josh Paul also were on the field, holding back Gardner, who was also arguing with third base umpire Todd Tichenor.

■ Seven-time All-Star LHP Chris Sale was placed on the 10-day IL with left elbow inflammation. The move was retroactive to Wednesday. Red Sox President Dave Dombrowski said that Sale had an MRI and the team’s doctors said the results revealed inflammation. Sale also will have the results looked at by orthopedist Dr. James Andrews, but it wasn’t expected to be until Monday. Sale, 30, is

6-11 with a 4.40 ERA in 25 starts this season.

■ As expected, the Phillies announced that former Cy Young Award winner Jake Arrieta will undergo season-ending surgery at the end of the month to remove a bone spur from his right elbow. The veteran right-hander is expected to be ready for the beginning of spring training. Arrieta, 33, finished the season 8-8 with a 4.64 ERA in 24 starts. RHP Zach Eflin will fill Arrieta’s spot in the rotation . ... OF Roman Quinn was placed on the

10-day IL with a right groin strain.

■ Kris Bryant homered in the seventh, and the Cubs got out of three basesloaded jams to snap a fourgame skid with a 2-0 win over the Pirates in Pittsburgh. After committing an error at third base each of the previous two innings, Bryant drove the first pitch of the seventh from Steven Brault (3-2) into the leftfield bleachers to put the Cubs ahead 1-0. It was Bryant’s 25th HR this season and third in five games. Jon Lester (10-8) gave up four hits and five walks in six innings. The Pirates stranded 11 runners and fell to 7-26 since the All-Star break. Ian Happ scored from third on a throwing error by catcher Elias Diaz in the eighth.

■ Rookie slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. left the Blues Jays’ 4-3 loss to the visiting Mariners after two innings because of a sore left knee. He underwent an MRI after the game. In the second, Guerrero cut in front of SS Bo Bichette to field Austin Nola’s grounder and made an awkward throw across his body, too late to record the out. Nola later came around to score on a sacrifice fly.

■ Matt Chapman doubled among his three hits and Mark Canha had two hits and three RBIs to back Chris Bassitt’s six solid innings, and the A’s beat the Astros 8-4 in Oakland, Calif. The A’s have won four straight games and 11 of their last 16. Bassitt (9-5) gave up three runs and eight hits with two walks. Rookie Yordan Alvarez homered twice for the Astros, who have lost five straight and six of seven after winning eight in a row and 18 of 21.

■ LHP Julio Urias accepted a 20-game ban for his domestic violence arrest in May. The ban will include the five games he missed when he was placed on seven-day leave immediately after the incident. The suspension will begin immediately, making Urias eligible to return Sept. 2 against the Rockies. Urias, 23, accepted a deal with prosecutors in June that allowed him to avoid criminal charges as long as he participated in a hearing, commit no acts of violence going forward and participate in a 52-week counseling program.

Red Sox: Phillies: Cubs: Blue Jays: Athletics: Dodgers:

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