AROUND THE HORN Yankees:

Luis Severino combined with two relievers on a one-hitter to continue the Yankees’ run of outstanding starting pitching performances as the Yankees beat the Tigers 3-0 on Saturday. Aaron Judge hit his MLB-best 21st homer on the first pitch in the bottom of the first inning. The Yankees won their fifth straight and for the ninth time in 11 games since their only three-game losing streak this year. Anthony Rizzo also went deep and Josh Donaldson lifted a sacrifice fly for the Yankees, who have outscored opponents 33-3 in their winning streak. After Jameson Taillon retired the first 21 hitters Thursday night against the Angels and Gerrit Cole followed by setting down the first 20 batters Friday night against the Tigers, the suspense ended early for Severino and it ended by mere inches.

Cubs: Matt Swarmer earned his first big league win and Frank Schwindel homered in a threehit showing to lead the Cubs over the Cardinals 6-1 Saturday in the first game of a doubleheader. Swarmer (1-0) allowed two hits and one earned run in six innings, striking out six and walking two. The right-hander made his first start Monday, getting a no-decision while giving up one earned run in six innings against Milwaukee. Swarmer helped snap Paul Goldschmidt’s 25-game hitting streak. The Cardinals star went 0 for 2 with a strikeout, a groundout and two walks, and fell one game short of the longest hitting streak in his career. Drafted in the 19th round in 2016 out of Kutztown University, the 28-year-old Swarmer stifled the Cardinals’ bats with firm control of his fastball and slider. With his father, sister and agent in attendance, he retired nine straight batters between the second and fourth innings. “I’m just locked into the glove,” Swarmer said. “I was going off (catcher) Willson Contreras’ (calls) and then not trying to think about the hitters as much. I know (St. Louis) has some big-name guys. It’s definitely hard. You’re like, ‘Wow, he’s actually in the box with me.’” Swarmer is the first Cub pitcher since Gene Lillard (1939) to start his big league career by allowing one run or fewer in consecutive starts of at least six innings.

Rangers: The Rangers called up infielder Ezequiel Duran for his major league debut Saturday after he had never played above the Double-A level. Duran batted seventh and played third base for the Rangers against the Mariners in place of Josh Smith, another rookie who made his big league debut Monday. Smith was placed on the 10-day injured list with an left shoulder sprain. Smith got hurt in the eighth inning of the series opener against the Mariners on Friday when diving for a ball in the infield. Smith, who reached base safely 10 times in his five games, had an MRI on Saturday. In the clubhouse before Saturday’s game, Smith said he landed awkwardly on his shoulder on the turf. He felt soreness only after getting up and making the throw. “I didn’t feel anything pop or anything like that, so I guess that’s good,” Smith said. The Rangers got Duran, Smith and right-hander Glenn Otto, their starting pitcher Saturday, from the Yankees in a trade last July that sent slugger Joey Gallo to New York. Duran got the call-up Saturday from Double-A Frisco, where he hit .317 with seven homers and 31 RBIs in 45 games this season.