CINCINNATI -- The Yankees have been on a roll recently. 

They accomplished a three-game sweep of the Reds with a 4-1 victory Sunday afternoon earlier than a crowd of 33,828 at Great American Ball Park. It was the fourth win in a row for New York, the membership’s sixth in its final seven video games and eleventh in its final 14 video games. 

"We can all say we got a whole lot better today," heart fielder Harrison Bader mentioned. 

The purpose for Bader's evaluation was the return of right-hander Luis Severino.

Severino made his season debut after beginning the 12 months on the injured record with a strained proper lat muscle. He went 4 2/3 innings and allowed one run on 4 hits and one stroll whereas hanging out 5. Severino reached his 75-pitch restrict one out in need of qualifying for a win.

"It's amazing seeing him back on the mound," Bader mentioned. "The way he works, his stuff, his energy. To see his stuff, the way it works -- I got a really good view from center field -- he's electric. I couldn't have been more happy he's back."

Said Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone, "Sevy was great. To almost go a full five innings there was big. I thought he kept getting better. I thought his misses were good misses. He finished the day emptying the tanks, so he had a little extra juice at the end of his outing." 

Severino felt he was getting stronger because the outing wore on. 

"I felt really good," he mentioned. "I felt like I was attacking the zone after the first walk. Everything else was right there. I felt good. I was saving something for the end."

Though he was happy along with his begin, Severino would have preferred to get the win.

"I was disappointed," he mentioned. "But we got the win. That's the most important thing."

Severino did stroll Jonathan India, the primary batter he confronted, which rapidly led to a controversial play. Two outs later, Spencer Steer popped one alongside the right-field line. Jake Bauers bought to the ball in honest territory and had it go off his glove. It was initially dominated a foul ball, however the Reds challenged and the decision was overturned. 

Boone was promptly ejected for arguing the decision.

The umpires awarded Steer a double, and India house on the play, giving the Reds a 1-0 lead. Boone wished an evidence as to why India was given house. Boone mentioned he was ejected as a result of you'll be able to't argue a name that goes to replay.

"I shouldn't have been kicked out there," he mentioned. "I was saying -- my bad."

Reds starter Hunter Greene confronted the minimal 12 batters by way of 4 innings, because of a double play and a caught stealing. 

But Willie Calhoun led off the fifth with a stroll. Four pitches later, Bader hit a 108.4 mph, 411-foot bolt for his fourth house run to provide the Yankees a 2-1 lead.

Gleyber Torres pushed the result in 3-1 with a shot to proper for his seventh house run of the 12 months. The Yankees added a run on Anthony Volpe's RBI double within the seventh.

After Severino left, New York’s bullpen retired 11 straight earlier than the Reds loaded the bases with two outs within the ninth. The bullpen had a 1.34 ERA on the seven-game street journey -- a serious purpose why the Yankees went 6-1 on the journey.  

"Great trip,” Boone said. "Tough stretch, 33 video games out of 34 [days]. We’ve been beat. We’ve bought some guys out. I’m excited by how effectively this workforce is competing. Walk in with edge, put together and compete. They’re doing that at a excessive degree proper now.”

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