The Red Sox have not held a 10-game lead in the American League East since 2007.
What now?Stefan Bondy, Daily News:
Luis Severino had hinted and teased that he was headed back toward his ace's throne, away from the malaise that characterized his July. Then Monday night happened.
Against the Mets, of all teams, Severino again fell victim to the gopher ball. He again raised concerns about his reliability as the Yankees continued further down their path toward the do-or-die American League wild-card game on Oct. 3.
What now? ...
Mets ace Jacob deGrom easily outpitched his Yankees counterpart ... [dropping] Boone's bunch to 10 games behind the dormant Red Sox in the American League East. Severino lasted only four innings, his briefest work shift of the season, as he gave up four runs and seven hits, including two homers ...
He now has a 7.84 ERA in his past six starts, and he has permitted at least one homer in his past seven starts, totaling 12 in that stretch over 36 innings.
"I think I keep doing the same mistakes over and over," Severino said. ...
If he can't get right, then the Yankees' October might not be much longer than Severino's effort on Monday.
Severino was bombed again Monday night, this time by the Mets, allowing four runs in just four innings of an 8-5 defeat. It was Severino's shortest outing of the season, and it started with a leadoff home run from Amed Rosario. ...Marc Carig, The Athletic:
Severino ... has allowed 30 runs over 36.1 innings in his last seven starts for a 7.43 ERA. That's five more earned runs than Severino allowed in his first 118.1 innings this season, when he was cruising to his second All-Star appearance. ...
Entering mid-August with 44 games remaining, it's unclear who represents the Yankees' best option for a one-game playoff. ...
[J.A.] Happ and Lance Lynn, both originally brought in as insurance, are suddenly the Yanks' most reliable starters.
On Monday, the hapless Mets – who entered the game with the worst batting average in the majors – connected on five homers – including two off Severino by Rosario and Jose Bautista. The Mets had 15 hits total, with every player in their lineup getting at least one.
CC Sabathia landed on the disabled list Monday with inflammation in his right knee. ... The veteran lefty has long been dealing with a creaky knee, so [GM Brian Cashman] figured that a sabbatical would be inevitable. ...
But when it comes to Luis Severino, a breather apparently will not be part of the program, even though his recent starts indicate that he might benefit from one. ...
Severino offered ample reason to believe he may be reeling from the career-high 193.1 innings he threw last summer. He labored through his four innings, allowing four runs on seven hits. His pitch count spiraled early. He surrendered a pair of homers ... to the opposite field. Both came off fastballs left up in the zone. ...
"I'm not tired," said Severino ...
Remember how the Yankees brought in all that pitching insurance before the non-waiver trade deadline? It may not have been enough. ...
The Yankees added Happ and Lance Lynn at last month's non-waiver trade deadline to bolster the back end of a shaky rotation. Now, those two are the most consistent starters over the last two weeks. Lynn, originally scheduled to be a long-man in the bullpen, had to move into the rotation in place of Sonny Gray, who has struggled. ...
Sabathia also went on the disabled list with the same knee ailment around this time last year.
The results may have been all too familiar for Zach Britton, but the lefty insisted he felt better on the mound after Monday's 8-5 loss to the Mets at the Stadium. ...Kristie Ackert, Daily News:
Britton came on to pitch the ninth in a game the Yankees trailed by a pair of runs and for the second straight outing — and third time in four appearances — Britton couldn't keep the opposing team from scoring. ...
[He] saw his ERA over his past seven outings with the Yankees rise to 8.53 (six earned runs in 6.1 innings).
On the bright side — if there is one — Britton didn't walk anyone ... He did hit Michael Conforto with a pitch, though.
It's never Sonny in the Bronx.
Struggling Yankees' right-hander Sonny Gray made his second appearance out of the bullpen Sunday and left after allowing two runs on five hits in an inning plus of work.
After the Rangers scored two runs off him in the seventh, Elvis Andrus and Adrian Beltre opened the eighth with a double and single and Boone came out to get Gray before any more damage could be done. The right hander has now allowed 45 earned runs in 50 innings pitched at Yankee Stadium this season for a 7.92 ERA. ...
Gray had pitched to a 5.56 ERA as a starter when Boone had to demote him to the bullpen. ...
Gray does not buy into the idea that there is more pressure on him at Yankee Stadium. ...
So where does this leave Gray? In the same role, according to Boone, as basically an unreliable long man.
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