The Yankees received a fireworks show from Kyle Higashioka and some solid middle relief today in Clearwater, but ultimately it wasn’t enough to overcome an early deficit and a bad seventh inning. When the dust settled on the back-and-forth affair, the Yankees had dropped this one to the Phillies, 6-5.
Of course, there are many moving parts in any spring training contest, but coming into today’s game, much of the focus was on Luis Severino. Unfortunately, we needed to avert our eyes a few times as Sevy struggled with his command more or less from the get-go.