Harrison Bader, Luis Severino lead Yankees to sweep Reds

Harrison Bader belted a two-run homer and Luis Severino pitched an efficient fifth inning in his season debut Sunday to lift the New York Yankees The host team won 4-1 Cincinnati Reds

THE Yankees He fell to 15-15 in 19 games for the 14th time since May 1. They went 6-1 while claiming their second straight this season

Gleyber Torres hit a solo shot off Hunter Greene (0-4). Yankeeswho rested Aaron Judge before Monday’s rest day, leading to a three-game series at home against the Baltimore Orioles.

Freshman Anthony Volpe followed with a late RBI double after Greg Allen took second and advanced on a wild pitch.

Severino returned after more than two months out with a strained right lat. It’s the same injury he suffered on July 13 at home against Cincinnati that cost him two months.

Severino allowed one run on four hits in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out five and walked one in 75 pitches while averaging 96.7 mph on his 44 four-seam fastballs.

Severino retired nine in a row and was one strike away from the fifth when Luke Maile singled. Albert Abreu (2-1) got the next four outs before Jimmy Cordero and Wandy Peralta pitched perfect innings.

Clay Holmes escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth for his fifth save.

Spencer Steer hit an RBI single that led to New York manager Aaron Boone’s ejection in the first inning. THE They are red they mustered little and dropped their fourth game in a row

Greene allowed four runs on four hits in seven innings. He had a season-high 10 strikeouts and walked three.

Cincinnati took a 1-0 lead after Steer hit a fly ball that was nearly caught by right fielder Jake Bauers after a slide attempt in foul territory. The ball bounced off the tip of Bauers’ glove, bounced, and was originally a foul ball.

Then They are red was called out, Steer doubled and Jonathan India scored. Boone was ejected for the second time on the trip for arguing with umpire Emil Jimenez.

Greene allowed two baserunners through four innings before losing the lead in the fifth. After Willie Calhoun led off with a walk, Bader made a 1-2 change to the left field.

Torres made it 3-1 in the sixth when he sent a first-pitch fastball into the right-field seats, and Volpe ripped a double to left for a 4-1 lead in the seventh.

— Field Level Media