While the Yankees’ pitching staff avoided another double-digit shellacking tonight, they still looked lost in a 5-0 defeat. As he has all season, Luis Severino tantalized with velocity and stuff, but he made too many mistakes once again, and an early exit forced the Yankees to use four other pitchers. And as they have all season, the Yankees’ bats also made the opposing starter look like an ace in a one-hit shutout that sank them back to .500 for the first time since May 1st.
Things got off to an even worse start than last night, as the Yankees went down in order in the top half of the first and Severino let in a three-spot, furthering the Braves’ pursuit of the most first-inning runs in baseball history.