NEW YORK -- Luis Severino screamed and pumped his fists as he stomped from the mound at the end of the fifth inning on Sunday evening, having slipped a slider past Luis Robert to escape what had been a bases-loaded, none-out threat just minutes earlier.

It was an impressive display of pitching and defense, with Severino having induced a pair of forceouts at home plate, but it was not enough. As in the first game of Sunday’s doubleheader, the Yankees could not support a terrific performance by their starter, handcuffed by Michael Kopech in a 5-0 loss to the White Sox at Yankee Stadium.

“That’s going to happen, you know?” Severino said. “He’s been outstanding this year, and I feel like it’s my job to do the same thing. I need to give my [team a] chance to win every time they give me the ball, and that’s what I’m going to do.”

The sweep snapped the Yanks’ nine-series winning streak. Kopech carried a perfect game into the sixth inning, broken up by Rob Brantly, who was summoned from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Sunday when outfielder Joey Gallo and catcher Kyle Higashioka were both placed on the COVID-19 injured list.

While Kopech was dominant, permitting only that one hit to Brantly -- a Minor League roommate in 2017 -- the Yankees’ big bats managed just one run through 18 innings of twin-bill action. That came on Aaron Judge’s Major League-leading 15th home run in the eighth inning of Game 1, which tied the score in an eventual 3-1 loss.

In that makeup of Friday’s rainout, Jameson Taillon hurled seven sharp innings of one-run, five-hit ball before Aroldis Chapman wobbled, permitting a go-ahead AJ Pollock home run and an Adam Engel RBI double.

“For Jamo and Sevy to go out and pitch the way they did, you’d like to certainly pull down one [win],” manager Aaron Boone said. “They outpitched us today. They were able to hold us down. It’s tough when you get those outings from Jamo and Sevy, but that’s part of it. It’s not always going to be easy.”

Chapman’s outing featured a mound visit in which Boone checked on the status of Chapman’s left Achilles, on which he has been receiving treatment for a couple of weeks. After pitching scoreless ball through his first dozen outings, Chapman has permitted a run in a career-high five straight appearances.

“When you’re dealing with things, sometimes it can affect you, but at the end of the day, it’s not the reason for the last results,” Chapman said through an interpreter. “You deal with it and you do the best you can. It’s definitely not an easy way out to say, ‘This is the reason.’ To put it simple, things have not worked out the way I would want.”

While there were no on-field fireworks stemming from Saturday’s dustups between the Yankees’ Josh Donaldson and Tim Anderson of the White Sox (Anderson and Donaldson did not speak on Sunday), the Chicago shortstop heard plenty of boos from a Yankee Stadium crowd of 36,167 in the second game.

Severino held Chicago in check over a season-high seven innings, registering his longest scoreless start since June 26, 2018, at Philadelphia (also seven innings), but Anderson and the White Sox broke through in the eighth inning against right-hander Jonathan Loáisiga.

José Abreu touched Loáisiga for an infield single and Gavin Sheets punched a broken-bat single to left field, setting up run-scoring hits by Andrew Vaughn and Reese McGuire.

Anderson then slugged a three-run shot into the right-field seats off Miguel Castro, reacting to the jeering crowd by raising his index fingers to his lips.

“Today was definitely not a good day for me,” Loáisiga said through an interpreter. “You have to trust in yourself, trust in your pitches. The trust is there. To let the team down in certain situations, it’s definitely a tough moment. At the same time, you have to turn the page quickly.”

With 29 victories through 41 games, the Yankees remain in prime position, yet there are pockets of concern. On a day in which the Yanks announced that right-hander Chad Green is scheduled to undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery, the bullpen suddenly could use attention.

“We’ve got guys that are very capable down there, and to go with what we’ve been getting with our starting pitching, we’ll be OK,” Boone said. “It’ll create some opportunities for other people and some different roles. That’s going to come in the course of a season. It forces guys to step up, and we have people that have a chance to do that.”