Luis Severino’s shaky start Friday night can be excused. He’s a rookie making the biggest start of his young career who suffered through a rare off night.
But what is Michael Pineda and Ivan Nova’s excuse?
Combined, the two struggling right-handers pitched just seven innings on Saturday, allowing 10 earned runs, 13 hits and four home runs, as the Yankees were swept by Toronto in a doubleheader, 9-5 in 11 innings and 10-7, at the Stadium to fall 4 ¹/u2082 games behind in the AL East.
Pineda, continuing to struggle since coming off the disabled list on Aug.