Severino gets first big league win, Yankees beat Indians
NEW YORK (AP) -- Luis Severino earned his first major league win, getting all the support he needed in the first inning Saturday on a pair of home runs from Brett Gardner and Brian McCann as the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians 6-2.
Making his fourth career start, the 21-year-old Severino (1-2) gave up a one-out homer in the first to fellow rookie Francisco Lindor, but he yielded only two singles and four walks in the remainder of his six gritty innings.
Jacoby Ellsbury and Carlos Beltran drove in runs in the second off Danny Salazar (11-7), helping the AL East leaders improve to 2-4 against the last place Indians this season.
New York has a chance for a split of the four-game series Sunday, following a pregame ceremony to retire left-hander Andy Pettitte's No. 46.
The team held festivities before this game, too, retiring the No. 20 of fiery catcher Jorge Posada. The Yankees then showed some spark of their own in the first inning.
Trailing by a run, New York came out swinging. Ellsbury singled and Gardner homered to right. One out later, McCann connected on a drive to right-center.
The three runs gave the Yankees a major league-best 102 runs in the first, the most in any inning in the major leagues this season.
Salazar helped New York add on two runs in the second, when he fielded Ellsbury's comebacker, spun and made a wild throw to second base.
Salazar recovered to pitch 4 2-3 innings. He was charged with eight hits and five runs -- four earned. He struck out six without a walk.
The Indians put runners on first and second with one out in the third, but Michael Brantley hit a grounder to first baseman Greg Bird, who made a high throw to shortstop Didi Gregorius.
Coming across the bag, Gregoruis had to come up on his toes to glove the ball. Second base umpire Dan Iassogna called Lindor, who was a triple shy of the cycle, out.
Cleveland manager Terry Francona objected and was tossed, the second ejection doled out by Iassogna this series. He gave Yankees manager Joe Girardi the heave-ho Thursday night for arguing balls and strikes.
Lonnie Chisenhall had an RBI single off Dellin Betances in the eighth, ending the big reliever's scoreless stretch at 18 appearances dating to July 8.
