A transfer to the bullpen proved to be no reduction for the Yankees’ Luis Severino.
The right-hander struggled by means of yet one more tough outing in Wednesday evening’s 9-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox, surrendering 4 runs on 5 hits over two-plus innings.
The Yankees opened the street recreation with reliever Ian Hamilton, hoping that utilizing Severino out of the bullpen would take some strain off the 29-year-old after back-to-back brutal begins.
But Severino bumped into quick hassle when he entered in a scoreless recreation to start the second inning. He allowed three runs in that body — together with two on a 430-foot house run by Oscar Colas — earlier than serving up an RBI double to Yoan Moncada within the third inning.
Severino issued a leadoff stroll within the fourth inning and was faraway from the sport. The two-time All-Star fell to 2-7, whereas his ERA inflated to eight.06.
Wednesday marked the third consecutive outing during which an opponent jumped on Severino throughout his first inning of labor. He allowed seven runs within the first inning of his July 30 begin in opposition to the Baltimore Orioles, then gave up three runs within the opening body in opposition to the Houston Astros final Friday.
“I’m not going to lie, every time I give up a homer or a run in the first inning, it’s like, ‘Jesus Christ, what am I doing?’ And I start looking for different stuff,” Severino stated following Friday’s loss to Houston. “Is this mechanics? Is this tipping [pitches]?”
Before Wednesday’s recreation, manager Aaron Boone expressed hope utilizing Severino in reduction would assist him return to kind.
“We got to get him on track … and hopefully this is something that can be the start of that,” Boone stated. “I think just taking a little pressure off that first [inning], the top of the order, that first go-round, hopefully get him in there at a better spot where he can take off.”
Giancarlo Stanton delivered the Yankees’ solely offense in opposition to Chicago starter Mike Clevinger with an RBI groundout. Stanton additionally homered off of reliever Jimmy Lambert within the seventh inning, slicing the deficit to a few, however the Yankees failed to attain once more after loading the bases with no person out.
The White Sox scored a run in opposition to reliever Keynan Middleton, whom they despatched to the Yankees earlier than final week’s commerce deadline. Middleton ripped Chicago’s “no rules” tradition after arriving within the Bronx. Chicago tacked on 4 runs in an eighth inning highlighted by Elvis Andrus’ three-run double in opposition to reliever Nick Ramirez.
The Yankees (59-56) dropped two of three to the lowly White Sox (47-69) and once more fell to five.5 video games out of the ultimate AL Wild Card spot. They resume their nine-game street journey Friday evening in Miami.
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