Lonnie Chisenhall, Michael Brantley and Jose Ramirez each collected run-scoring hits to back a strong start from Josh Tomlin, and the Indians escaped a ninth-inning threat to beat the Yankees, 3-2, at Yankee Stadium on Thursday to open a four-game set.
Chisenhall sent a double to center field in the second to score Carlos Santana, while Brantley’s RBI single in the third drove home Jason Kipnis and Ramirez’s RBI single in the fourth scored Abraham Almonte.
Alex Rodriguez homered in the fourth inning, but by then the Indians had already picked up their trio of runs off Yankees starter Ivan Nova. The Yankees put together a rally in the ninth against Tribe closer Cody Allen after Rodriguez led off with a single, stole second and then scored on a Carlos Beltran single. That made it 3-2.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi was ejected with one out in the ninth for arguing balls and strikes with home-plate umpire Dan Iassogna. After Greg Bird walked to put two runners on, Chase Headley grounded out. Didi Gregorius’ flyout to left field ended the game with the tying and winning runs in scoring position.
Nova took the loss after a five-inning effort, while Tomlin picked up his first win of the season for the Indians in a one-run, two-hit performance. Tomlin threw 106 pitches through seven innings and struck out six.
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