Boy, that was fun, right?
Right?
The Yankees eliminated the Twins Monday night, in part because Luis Severino waved his wand and out came a couple of magic tricks.
The first, frankly, came in the opening frame when Severino induced a double play out of Nelson Cruz; Max Kepler had walked on 5 pitches and Jorge Polanco flew out after a fairly wild 7 pitch sequence. Sevy looked way too fired up — more on that in a second — and wasn’t pitching with precision. No matter how good your stuff is, you gotta be in control.