New York Yankees' Luis Severino Continues Struggling, Putting Himself in Dubious Class in Franchise History
The struggles continued on Friday for New York Yankees starting pitcher Luis Severino.
Pitching against the World Champion Houston Astros, Severino lasted just 4.0 innings, surrendering five earned runs on five hits. He walked three, struck out four and surrendered two home runs.
The Yankees lost the game, 7-3, as Severino fell to 2-6 with a 7.74 ERA.
Severino's struggles have put him in a dubious class in Yankees history.
Per ESPN Stats & Info:
Luis Severino has allowed 10 combined 1st inning earned runs over his last two starts.
Since ER became official in 1913, Severino is the 3rd Yankee to allow 10+ 1st inning ER in a 2-start span, joining Ron Guidry (1987) and Joe Page (1944).
Now the only solace there for Severino is that Guidry was an excellent pitcher, who was a four-time All-Star and won a Cy Young. But that 1987 season was near the end of his career and he was done after 1988.
As for Severino, he's been a good pitcher before, so there's hope that he can rebound, but it hasn't happened this year. He's a two-time All-Star who is 52-35 for his career with a 3.77 ERA.
He'll be a free agent at the end of the season.
The loss was significant for the Yankees because it dropped them to 57-53 on the year. They are in last place in the American League East and are now 3.5 games out of the third and final wild card spot in the AL.
They'll play the Astros again on Saturday at 1:05 p.m. ET.
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