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Yankees bash three homers to bail out mediocre Luis Severino

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Brett Gardner belts a two-run homer in the third inning of the Yankees' 7-4 win Thursday night.

CLEVELAND — The pitching clinic some expected to see Thursday night when Luis Severino and Corey Kluber shared a mound at Progressive Field never materialized.

Nor did two of the top pitchers in the baseball, both headed for the All-Star Game, get spanked.

Kluber was better than Severino, but the Yankees handed the right-hander and the Indians a 7-4 loss in front of 31,267.

Kluber had routinely dominated the Yankees in the regular season (5-1, 1.