Yankees ride Luis Severino’s slump-buster to sweep White Sox | Rapid reaction

Luis Severino went seven innings and picked up his 15th win Wednesday night in the Yankees’ 7-3 win over the White Sox.

CHICAGO — The Yankees were tired and cranky when finally getting to their Chicago hotel at 5:30 a.m. Monday.

They also were still miserable after a late-night flight from Boston and bus ride from O’Hare International.

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Getting swept four games in Boston and living with a five-game losing streak will do that, and Sunday night’s disappointment wasn’t easily forgotten because the Yankees were up three runs on the Red Sox in the ninth inning and lost in 10.

Three wins in three nights later, the Yankees’ swagger is back.

So is Luis Severino’s.

Finally, the All-Star right-hander’s long slump appears over.

Severino overcame a slow start Wednesday night to have his best outing in a month and the Yankees cruised to a 7-3 win over the Chicago White Sox to sweep a three-game series at Guaranteed Rate Field.

“He was solid,” said Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton, whose second-inning grand slam capped a six-run inning that handed Severino a 6-2 lead. “They came out swinging in the first inning, then (Severino) was back to himself pounding the zone and getting swings and misses, and locating well.”

Severino (15-4) allowed three runs on seven hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts and no walks in a 109-pitch outing that resulted in his first win since July 7.

Coming in, Severino was 1-3 with an 8.28 ERA over his last five outings, 0-3 with a 9.00 ERA over his last four.

Severino didn’t look good again falling behind 2-0 in the first inning – he gave up three hits in a row after striking out the leadoff hitter – but he was back dealing after the Yankees’ six-run second.

Once Severino went from down two runs to up four, he worked three 1-2-3 innings in a row.

Tim Anderson homered off Severino leading off the White Sox fifth to make it a 7-3 game, but Severino allowed nothing else before being relieved by Chad Green.

Down 2-0, the Yankees turned the game in their favor in the second when they batted around facing White Sox starter Lucas Giolito (7-9).

Run-scoring hits by Austin Romine and Shane Robinson, the Yankees’ No. 8 and 9 hitters, tied the game, then after Brett Gardner was hit by a pitch to load the bases, Stanton cleared them with a high fly to right to carried over the wall just inside the flag pole.

Stanton’s sixth career grand slam and first since 2014 also his homer No. 27 for the season, which pushes him one ahead of injured right fielder Aaron Judge for the team lead.

The Yankees padded their lead to 7-2 in the fifth when Aaron Hicks hit a leadoff homer to right-center off Giolito, his 19th.

Four innings later, the Yankees were preparing for another late-night flight, this time riding a three-game winning streak that felt good.

“It’s good to get a sweep here,” Stanton said. “Let Boston be in the past and look ahead to what we need to do. We did that here. We’ve got a lot of games coming up at home. We’ll be all right.”

NOTABLE

— Right-hander Chance Adams, who debuted int the majors last Saturday with a tree-run, five-inning start in a loss at Boston, was optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre after Wednesday’s game.

— Left-hander J.A. Happ will come off the disabled list on Thursday to take Adam’s roster spot and start at Yankee Stadium against the Texas Rangers.

— Miguel Andujar was back playing third base after two games at DH and made a great diving catch to his left to rob Jose Abreu of a double in the third inning. Andujar DH’d consecutive games after committing two errors in Sunday’s loss, the last of which allowed Boston to score the tying run with two outs in the ninth.

— Greg Bird snapped an 0-for-23 drought with a ninth-inning single.

LOOKING AHEAD

Thursday: Texas Rangers at Yankees, 7:05 p.m., YES. RHP Ariel Jurado (2-1, 4.02) vs. LHP J.A. Happ (11-6, 4.05).

Friday: Texas Rangers at Yankees, 7:05 p.m., YES. LHP Mike Minor (8-6, 4.53) vs. RHP Masahiro Tanaka (9-2, 3.76).

Saturday: Texas Rangers at Yankees, 1:05 p.m., YES. RHP Drew Hutchinson (1-2, 6.29) vs. RHP Lance Lynn (8-8, 4.58).

Sunday: Texas Rangers at Yankees, 1:05 p.m., YES. LHP Martin Perez (2-4, 6.15) vs. LHP CC Sabathia (6-4, 3.49).

Monday: Mets at Yankees, 7:05 p.m., ESPN. RHP Jacob deGrom (6-7, 1.77) vs. RHP Luis Severino (14-5, 3.08).

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