Yankees rough up Luis Severino in lopsided win over Athletics

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— These were not the Yankees Luis Severino remembered.An offense so home run-dependent for so many years of Severino’s time in pinstripes looked far different while facing Severino for the first time.The Yankees more blistered than bombed Severino, who watched hard-hit ground balls find holes and lined shots to the outfield find grass, which enabled the Yankees to frequently flex speed they did not used to have.And then as if to demonstrate the bats can still score the old way, too, Ben Rice added a grand slam to help turn the series finale into a laugher.

The Yankees demolished the A’s 12-2 in front of another sellout crowd of 12,224 at Sutter Health Park on a happy Mother’s Day Sunday.Aaron Boone’s bunch (23-17) has won four of five largely behind an attack that will miss the sometimes sweltering heat and fickle wind of a minor league ballpark, the club scoring 29 runs in the three-game set.But against Severino — a popular, homegrown Yankee who emerged as an ace before injuries began to strike and last year had to bounce back with the Mets — that offense took a different form.During a five-run second inning, the only extra-base hit was a well-placed, gapped double from Paul Goldschmidt.Otherwise, it was walks (to Jasson Domínguez and Oswaldo Cabrera), singles (from Anthony Volpe, Austin Wells and Aaron Judge) and RBI groundouts (from Jorbit Vivas) that pestered Severino.It was the speed that stood out an inning later, when Domínguez reached on a single and then blazed his way around the bases on a double from Oswaldo Cabrera, Domínguez running through a stop sign from third base coach Luis Rojas and sneaking his left hand on the plate before the tag to score a sixth run.The pressure remained in the fifth, when the Yankees ran a rare hit-and-run to perfection: Domínguez took off fo...