Stats Prove Astros Weren't Even a Little Bit Fooled by Luis Severino's Slider

Luis Severino certainly didn't have his best stuff during Tuesday night's Game 3 of the ALCS, but he managed to push through the adversity by surrendering just two runs across 4.1 innings of work.

What should be markedly concerning for Sevy and New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone, however, was the sheer ineffectiveness of the two-time All-Star's normally-devastating slider.

Folks, Houston Astros hitters swung and missed on just ONE of Severino's first 12 sliders in Game 3. What's all the more alarming is the fact that both of the 'Stros solo home runs were on Luis' sliders, both hangers.

Following these first two innings, it's not like things got much better; Sevy stayed away from the pitch, and George Springer very prominently spat on three straight as the last out of the fourth, holding back on a 2-2 slidepiece, easily the hardest breaker thrown by the young Yankee in this game.

It makes you ponder if the 25-year-old right-hander is tipping his pitches, as we know the Astros would be all over such a flaw, given their antics throughout the postseason.

The pitch simply wasn't working for the young star, as he turned to his changeup significantly more often after surrendering the first inning home run to Jose Altuve.

After allowing that dinger, Sevy threw four sliders compared to nine changeups to Houston's next four hitters.

Did the Astros have a gameplan to sit on Severino's sliders? Or were they just that flat, and AJ Hinch's side were feasting?

If you ask us, it's both, and the Yankees ace is surely wishing that he realized his slider wasn't working sooner as he watches the rest of Game 3 from New York's dugout.