Yankees pitching is clobbered by Indians in lopsided loss

Interpret the stench coming out of a silent Yankee Stadium, where the Indians whipped the Yankees from foul pole to foul pole Thursday night and spit out the reasons.

Not allowed among them is the Yankees moving Mike Ford from first base to the mound for the final two innings.

After beating up on the Orioles, the Yankees crumbled against the far stronger Indians. If the teams meet in the postseason the Yankees are dead. If the Yankees can’t do better than three runs off Adam Plutko, their stay in October won’t be an extended one.

And in the middle of August, here is what the Indians’ overwhelming 19-5 victory in front of 44,654 really means: the Yankees got their butts whipped because pitchers Chad Green, Jonathan Loaisiga and Chance Adams were awful. Ford giving up five runs and six hits (two homers) doesn’t count.

The 24 hits were a season high against the Yankees, as were the seven homers. The 19 runs tied the season high.

Green is a strong candidate to be part of the Yankees’ postseason pitching staff. Loaisiga has a chance. Adams? Window or aisle?

Green, who started a game for the 12th time, and Loaisiga combined to give up three homers and seven runs in the first inning. The seven runs tied the season-high in an inning allowed by Yankees pitching.

The home run party was led by Indians third baseman Jose Ramirez, who hit a grand slam off Green in the first and a two-run blast against Loaisiga in the second. Carlos Santana had two homers and Jason Kipnis, Roberto Perez and Greg Allen also homered for the Indians.

Asked before the beating what kind of challenges the Indians presented, manager Aaron Boone gushed over the starters and relievers before getting to the hitters.

“Lineup with some star players in it, obviously lots of switch hitters [four on Thursday night] so they create some matchup issues,’’ Boone said. “They are a challenge. They are a very well-balanced team.’’

The Yankees were 12-1 using a reliever to start a game and 10-1 in games started by Green.

He gave up five runs and four hits in one-third of an inning. Loaisiga surrendered four runs and four hits in 2 ²/₃ innings and Adams was spanked for five runs and 10 hits (one homer) in 3 ²/₃ innings.

Every Indian in the starting lineup had at least one hit. Ramirez drove in six runs with the two homers.

Aaron Judge’s troubles at the plate continued with a 0-for-5, four-strikeout game.

The Yankees highlight was Didi Gregorius going 3-for-4 with a homer in the fifth when the issue already was decided. Ditto for Gary Sanchez’s solo drive to center field in the sixth and Gleyber Torres’ bases-empty drive to right in the eighth.

The loss shaved the Yankees’ lead over the second-place and idle Rays in the AL East to 9 ½ games.

Ford, the 2013 Ivy League Player and Pitcher of the Year for Princeton, gave up five runs in the eighth when Allen and Santana hit back-to-back homers.

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