The second half of the season appears to be looking up for Luis Severino.
After stumbling into the All-Star break on an egregious skid, Severino turned in his second straight strong outing of July in theIt may not have been as convincing as his performance in the club’s 10-inning, 4-3 loss to the Angels last week, when Severino gave up just six hits and one earned run through six innings, but the Dominican hurler powered through Kansas City’s lineup with authority.
“They took a lot of good at-bats against him, hit the ball hard against him,” manager Aaron Boone said after the Yankees completed the three-game sweep of the Royals. “Kind of a little frustrating he wasn’t able to finish off a really, really strong outing with that sixth inning, the last hitter there. I thought stuff-wise, he was good. I thought his strike throwing was good. He was ahead in counts some.
He never quite got on track, but the last few starts before the All-Star break were particularly concerning.
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