With the home run, the Martian becomes the youngest player since 1901 to launch four home runs in his first seven MLB games. Judge ripped a single to right, setting up an absolute laser beam two-run blast to right from Jasson Domínguez to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead. An inning later, New York opened the scoring in emphatic fashion. Peraza’s looked so much better in the box after switching back to his leg kick from a toe tap he had been experimenting with. He looked like he might score on a deep flyball by Jake Bauers, but Sal Frelick made a leaping catch at the wall to rob Bauers of extra bases and an RBI. Oswald Peraza’s uptick in form continued as he laced a double in the second for the Yankees’ first hit. A walk of Mark Canha put runners on the corners but a strikeout of Rowdy Tellez on an overpowering 97 mph heater followed by a disgusting slider to whiff Brice Turang stranded the pair where they stood. Sevy faced a bit more trouble in the second, hitting Willy Adames on the hand with an errant changeup before airmailing a pickoff attempt at first that allowed the Brewers shortstop to move up two bases. Unfortunately, none of Jasson Domínguez, Gleyber Torres nor Austin Wells were able to drive them in.
The offense similarly looked locked in, DJ LeMahieu and Aaron Judge drawing a pair of leadoff walks that included a handful of disciplined takes on borderline pitches. He followed that up with a devastating slider below the zone that William Contreras flailed over to tally a pair of punch outs in the opening frame. Severino looked razor sharp out of the gate, blowing an elevated 97-mph fastball by Christian Yelich for his first strikeout. The Yankees would go on to lose, 8-2, but right now all of our thoughts are with Sevy.
Today represented yet another sad chapter in his unfortunate story as the righty was forced from the contest in the fifth with a left side injury. Injuries have derailed what was developing into a Cy Young-caliber career, robbing Severino of his prime years and Yankees fan the joy of watching him pitch every fifth day.
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