BALTIMORE — Shortly after the Yankees wrapped up their weekend sequence towards the Orioles with a 9-3 loss, gamers and coaches may very well be seen feasting on a neighborhood delicacy exterior of the staff’s clubhouse.
The Yankees loved piles of Maryland crabs, full with the customary wood mallets which can be typically used to crack the crustaceans open. To get to the meat, one should membership the seasoned crabs — very similar to the Orioles clubbed Luis Severino earlier within the night time.
The Yankees had hoped that the right-hander had figured issues out, as his final two outings confirmed noticeable enchancment following an abysmal seven-start stretch, however that was removed from the case. While the newest outing, a 5.2-inning, three-run begin towards the Royals wasn’t spotless, the optimistic outlook was that Severino had strung collectively some performances to construct on after permitting 33 earned runs over 31.1 innings between June 2 and July 6.
But no matter basis Severino had laid got here crashing to the bottom Sunday at Camden Yards, the place the first-place Orioles obliterated the previous Cy Young finalist.
“Right now, I feel like I’m the worst pitcher in the game,” Severino stated after being charged with all 9 Orioles runs over 3.1 innings. “No doubt about it.”
Baltimore jumped Severino as quickly as he took the mound, starting the sport with two singles earlier than Anthony Santander began the scoring with an RBI double. Ryan O’Hearn instantly adopted with a two-run double earlier than Adam Frazier drilled a three-run homer.
With Severino looking out but once more, the Orioles had themselves a 6-0 lead earlier than the Yankees had an out. Baltimore plated another runner when Adley Rutschman logged an RBI single in his second at-bat of the opening body.
Severino averted harm for a number of innings after that, however Gunnar Henderson gave the Orioles an eighth run with a double within the fourth. O’Hearn then knocked Severino out of the sport with an RBI single.
Sunday was the fifth time in 12 begins that the hurler surrendered at the very least 5 earned runs in a recreation this season. The impending free agent now has a 7.49 ERA this yr.
“I won’t stop working,” Severino stated, including that he’s 100% wholesome. Asked if he can tinker any in another way, he replied, “I don’t now, but I’ll listen to suggestions.”
Severino additionally expressed confidence that he can nonetheless be the pitcher he’s been prior to now, however he conceded “nothing that I do is working.”
Unable to indicate constant enchancment, it wouldn’t shock if Severino misplaced his rotation spot after Nestor Cortes makes what is predicted to be his closing rehab begin on Wednesday. While Boone stated the Yankees will simply give attention to enhancing Severino’s execution proper now, the pitcher acknowledged his unsure standing.
“I mean, right now, I don’t know what could happen or what’s gonna happen,” Severino stated, including that he’s simply apprehensive about getting higher. “If they decide to do that, that’s their decision.”
While Severino faltered once more on the mound, the Yankees’ offense returned to dormancy with Aaron Judge expectedly resting in his third recreation again from the injured checklist. Jake Bauers crushed a solo homer within the third and added an RBI double within the fourth off Dean Kramer, however that was hardly sufficient because the Yankees set a season-high with 18 strikeouts.
Still, Boone claimed that the Yankees’ at-bats “carried some of that momentum” from their 8-3 win on Saturday. Never thoughts that there are 27 outs in a nine-inning recreation.
“Outside of the strikeouts, I thought at-bats were building off of last night,” Boone stated. “I believed we grinded out very well. We made it actually powerful on Kremer. We couldn’t end off. We had a few good scoring alternatives the place we had the bases loaded. We had possibly a primary and second or second and third one other time.
“But obviously, they beat us up with the strikeout, too, and that’s why we weren’t able to throw more crooked numbers up there. But the 18, that’s a big number, right? But I do think a lot of guys had good at-bats building off of last night.”
While Harrison Bader additionally picked up an RBI with a sac fly within the fifth, the Yankees left 10 males on base and went 2-for-11 with runners in scoring place.
With Sunday’s loss, the last-place Yankees at the moment are 3.5 video games out of the ultimate wild card spot. As Tuesday’s commerce deadline looms, it stays to be seen what the entrance workplace will do after a shedding weekend in Baltimore.
On Saturday, the Yankees seemed like a staff value including to. On Sunday, they seemed like a staff that ought to promote, although their 55-50 document is healthier than that of some groups which have already dedicated to purchasing, or at the very least preserving their squad collectively.
Also on the horizon are residence sequence towards the Rays and Astros, who occupy the primary two wild card spots. The third at present belongs to the Blue Jays.
Domingo Germán will begin Monday’s series-opener towards Tyler Glasnow and Tampa Bay, whereas Carlos Rodón will face Zach Eflin in Tuesday’s recreation. Wednesday’s sequence finale will function a duel between aces Gerrit Cole and Shane McClanahan — and maybe some recent faces on either side.
Either approach, the Yankees will look to bounce again at Yankee Stadium.
“It could be,” Anthony Rizzo stated when requested if the upcoming residence stand will likely be telling in relation to the Yankees’ probabilities of making a run. “But there’s 50-plus games left, and with this division we can get hot and teams can get cold and we can be spring-jumping in two weeks, so we can’t lose sight of that. With that being said, there’s less than two months left and we got to do it.”
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