{"id":238500,"date":"2022-10-20T11:23:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T16:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=238500"},"modified":"2022-10-20T11:43:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T16:43:53","slug":"yankees-need-brilliance-from-severino-game-2-alcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/yankees-need-brilliance-from-severino-game-2-alcs\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Yankees Need Brilliance from Luis Severino After Strikeout Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this month, Luis Severino was pitching a no-hitter vs. the Texas Rangers when manager Aaron Boone pulled him after seven innings. That game took place in the Lone Star state, which is an interesting coincidence today.<\/p>\n

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Luis Severino takes the mound Thursday night in Game 2 of the ALCS in Houston. The Yankees lost Game 1 of the series to the Astros 4-2 in Texas on Wednesday. (Image: NY Daily News<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That’s because when the Yankees take the field Thursday night for Game 2 of their American League championship series, they’ll do so in that same state, Texas.<\/p>\n

After striking out 17 times Wednesday night against Justin Verlander and three relievers, we know this much about the Yanks: they can be overmatched by Cy Young material. That is a problem they are going to have to deal with again in this series provided they’re able to win at least once.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If they want to keep their fans’ hopes up heading into the weekend, they need to wish that manager Aaron Boone knew what he was doing when he yanked Severino back on October 3. That’s after his final pitch of the night was a 100 mph fastball.<\/p>\n

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“It’s still just a decision that just sucks to happen because he was very efficient,” Boone said after that game. “To have to be the one that shuts that down is not fun. But one you’ve got to do.”<\/p>\n

This is the same manager who thought it was a good idea to have Clarke Schmidt replace Jameson Taillon in a 1-1 game, resulting in a mass Google search of the word “overthinker” after Martin Maldonado, and Chas McCormick homered in the sixth. Memo to Boone: Taillon had only thrown 67 pitches. That’s not a large number, no matter how hard the Astros were hitting the ball. Got that, Aaron?<\/p>\n

Did Boone Make the Right Move that Night?<\/h2>\n

Boone was thinking “Big Picture” the night when Severino allowed only one batter to reach base via a walk. Well, Big Picture time has arrived again. If the Yankees’ bats stay as silent as they were last night, they are going to need the 28-year-old right-hander from Sabana del la Mar, Dominican Republic to be virtually unhittable. Especially since the Astros are starting Framber Valdez, who led the majors with 26 quality starts and who’s making his first start in a week since striking out six in 5 2\/3 innings against Seattle in the divisional series.<\/p>\n

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Valdez hasn’t faced the Yankees since June 23, when he allowed only two hits, one of which was a three-run homer by Giancarlo Stanton in the first inning. He was pulled by Dusty Baker in the sixth after a 16-pitch walk to Anthony Rizzo, and the Yankees won that game on a walk-off single to cap a four-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

So a reminder, Yankees fans: that game looked like a loss when it was 6-3, and the guys in pinstripes were down to their final three outs. But Aaron Hicks tied the game with a three-run homer off closer Ryan Pressly before Judge won it.<\/p>\n

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The Astros broadcast reacting to Aaron Hicks tying the game uppic.twitter.com\/83GhtXqWD0<\/a><\/p>\n

— Dillard Barnhart (@BarnHasSpoken2) June 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n