Luis Severino tosses seven innings of no-hit ball as New York Yankees defeat Texas Rangers

ARLINGTON, Texas — New York Yankees starter Luis Severino was in full ace form at Globe Life Field on Monday night, when he completed seven innings in his longest career no-hit bid.

Severino threw 94 pitches and struck out seven batters in the Yankees' 3-1 victory over the Texas Rangers.

Miguel Castro, fresh off the 60-day injured list due to shoulder issues, came on in relief of Severino and struck out the first batter he faced, Rangers designated hitter Adolis Garcia. Third baseman Josh Jung then came up and lined a 98 mph fastball just over the reach of infielder Isiah Kiner-Falefa for the first Rangers' hit of the evening.

The Rangers went on to score their first run off Castro on a Kole Calhoun groundout.

New York manager Aaron Boone was seen having an extended conversation with Severino in the dugout after he closed out the seventh inning with a 99 mph fastball for a strikeout. Boone could be seen on the broadcast cameras apparently telling Severino that he could not allow him to continue.

«I was trying to fight him, but in the end, you can't do anything about it. He told me, 'What do you think?' I said, 'I'm coming back out there',» Severino said. «But it was not a great idea to go out there and push it to 115 pitches.»

«The decision would have been if he was through eight (innings) at that point. Didn't really want to go more than 90 (pitches) with him,» Boone said. «I was going to try and let him finish that seventh inning no matter what. The biggest thing I told him — obviously, he wanted to stay in and go back out there and I think he understood — I wasn't going to take him to 120, 125, 130 pitches tonight. And that's where it probably would have had to go to finish something like that.»

This was Severino's