Guillen rips ump after White Sox top Indians

Ozzie Guillen wasn't on the field long enough to tell umpire Joe West how he felt about his balk calls against Mark Buehrle. The White Sox manager did so afterward. Harshly.

The fiery Guillen, never afraid to speak his mind on any subject, unloaded on West after Chicago's 5-4 win in Cleveland Wednesday, a game that included the ejections of Guillen and Buehrle for protesting a pair of balks in the first three innings.

"Joe has been like that for a lot of years, and he's always going to be like this," Guillen said, using several expletives throughout a rant that's certain to get a look from Major League Baseball. "I'm not going to change it, nobody is going to change it, but sometimes he thinks people pay to watch him umpire. He's the type of guy that wants to control the game, and to me is one of the best umpires in the game, no doubt.

"But in the meanwhile, those years are on his shoulders and kind of heavy and showing people who he is. I deserve respect and the players deserve respect here, too."

Buehrle's ejection didn't rattle the White Sox. Mark Kotsay hit a two-run homer and Mark Teahen had two RBIs.

Red Sox 11, Rays 3

Adrian Beltre had two homers and six RBIs as visiting Boston swept the three-game series. The Red Sox are 23-12 since being swept by the Rays in four games at Fenway Park from April 16-19.

Braves 7, Marlins 3

Yunel Escobar, hitless in his last 15 at-bats, led off the seventh inning with a single, one of two he had in a six-run inning for visiting Atlanta.- AP