Luis Severino struggles in Yankees spring opener

TAMPA, Fl. -- The New York Yankees spring opener ended the way the small gathering of die-hards wanted it to, with Detroit Tigers outfielder Jason Krizan losing a routine fly ball in the sun and then kicking it around long enough for Tyler Wade to score the winning run in a 10-9 Yankees victory.

But the important part of the game, if you can call any part of the first game of the spring important, happened about three hours earlier. Yankees starter Luis Severino, so impressive in the second half of last year and expected to nail down perhaps the No. 2 spot in this year's rotation, suddenly lost his command in the second inning. He allowed five runs, four of them on a grand slam by Tigers…