CHICAGO — Luis Severino may have been disappointed about getting bumped from a Subway Series start, but he didn’t let it affect his performance Sunday night.
The Mets ace rebounded from a rough outing in Texas last week and pitched six shutout innings with a season-high 10 strikeouts in his team’s 5-2 victory over the Cubs at Wrigley Field.
Severino was originally supposed to face his former team, the Yankees, on Tuesday.
But late last week manager Carlos Mendoza adjusted the rotation and moved David Peterson to the Subway Series opener.
Severino started against the Cubs instead.
Mendoza’s stated reasoning was he wanted a right-hander to face the Cubs and lefty against the Yankees.
Severino admitted to The Post he was “a little bit” disappointed he wouldn’t get to face the Yankees this week and said he would push to pitch in the second installment of the Subway Series, after the All-Star break in The Bronx.
Severino rolled into the sixth against the Cubs, but allowed a leadoff single to Miguel Amaya before plunking Nico Hoerner.
After Michael Busch struck out, Severino waged an epic battle with Cody Bellinger and won.
Bellinger struck out on the 12th pitch of the at-bat.
“I heard the fans and I knew it wasn’t for me,” Severino said of the marathon at-bat. “But I like that vibe and that atmosphere. I love those kind of games.”
Mendoza visited the mound and stuck with Severino, who fell behind 2-0 in the count to Seiya Suzuki before retiring the Cubs DH on a fly to center.
All told, Severino struck out 10 — his first time this season reaching double digits — and allowed three hits without walking a batter over 102 pitches.
Severino has mostly been pitching to contact this season, but took a different approach Sunday.
“I was talking to [Jose] Quintana and Sean Manaea [on Saturday] and told them I need to strike out more guys,” Severino said. “I’m tired of going out there and striking out one guy.”
Severino continued his dominance against the Cubs this season.
On April 29 he took a no-hitter into the eighth inning against them at Citi Field before Dansby Swanson singled and Severino, who allowed one run, took a no-decision in a game the Mets lost 3-1.
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