TORONTO -- The Yankees didn't get what they come to expect every five or six days from ace Luis Severino, who was anything but his usual dominating self grinding his way through a three-run, five-inning start against the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday.
They survived this rare flash of ordinary pitching.
Center fielder Aaron Hicks leaving halfway through the Yankees' late-afternoon matinee at Rogers Center wasn't in the game plan either, but this was announced as just left-leg cramping that also probably will turn out to be no big deal.
As for closer Aroldis Chapman limping off the mound in the ninth after striking out leadoff hitter Randal Grichuk on a slider .