NEW YORK -- Luis Severino rejoined the New York Yankees ahead of Friday nights game against Baltimore after three minor league appearances.The 22-year-old right-hander was 5-3 with a 2.89 ERA as a rookie in the final two months of last season, but has struggled this year and was sent to the minors three times. He is 1-8 with a 7.19 ERA for the Yankees in 2016 and is their first pitcher to lose six straight starts since Kevin Brown in 2004-05.New York optioned him to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Aug. 14 and told him to work on his changeup. He made two starts and one relief appearance for the RailRiders, allowing four runs each in starts against Pawtucket and Syracuse, then pitching 2 1/3 scoreless innings in relief Tuesday at Buffalo.A day after active rosters expanded to 40, New York also recalled infielder Rob Refsnyder from Scranton along with right-hander Nick Goody, and right-hander Kirby Yates was recalled from rookie level Pulaski.Outfielder Eric Young Jr., acquired from Milwaukee on Wednesday for $20,000, was selected from the RailRiders along with right-hander Jonathan Holder.To clear a spot in the 40-man roster, right-hander Nick Rumbelow was activated from the seven-day minor league disabled list, recalled from Scranton and placed on the 60-day big league disabled list. Rumbelow tore a ligament in his pitching elbow while pitching for Scranton in his season debut on April 10, an injury that required Tommy John surgery. TRINEC, Czech Republic -- Lucas Pouille made a victorious Davis Cup debut for France by beating Jiri Vesely 7-6 (2), 6-4, 7-5 to level the quarterfinal against the Czech Republic at 1-1 on Friday.Amid increased security following the deadly attack in the French city of Nice, Pouille got a break for 6-5 in the final set with a forehand winner and clinched the victory on his first match point.Earlier, Lukas Rosol saved two match points to prevail over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (8), 6-4 and put the Czechs 1-0 ahead on an indoor hard court in the eastern city of Trinec.A minute of silence was observed at Werk Arena before the opening singles to honor the 84 people killed by a truck in Nice.All my thoughts are with the victims and families of this tragedy, Tsonga tweeted.In Saturdays doubles, veteran Radek Stepanek will team with Adam Pavlasek for the Czechs against Wimbledon doubles champions Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert.Pouille wasted two set points at 5-4 before dominating the tiebreaker in the first set. Vesely was the first player to drop his serve and was trailing 3-1 in the second before temporarily coming back with three straight games, but Pouille got another break to go 5-4 up and hit an ace onn his second set point to take command.ddddddddddddn the four-hour opening singles, Rosol converted his third match point with a passing forehand.Im speechless, Rosol said. Things somehow turned around.It was only his second career victory over Tsonga in five matchups.Were delighted to take a lead. To beat their No. 1, it feels great. Its a good start to the weekend but we havent won yet.Tsonga wasted two match points in the tiebreaker to allow the fifth set when he hit the net with a backhand on Rosols second set point.He looked tired in the final set. He answered Rosols break in the opening game but had no reply after he dropped his serve in the seventh game.Big-serving Tsonga hit 18 aces, but just one in the fifth set.In the opening set, Rosol broke Tsonga in the seventh game with a passing backhand.Tsonga came back to the match with a break for a 5-3 lead in the second set and served out the set at love.In a tight third set, Tsonga saved four break points in the second game and another two in the fourth game before breaking Rosol in the fifth game and hitting an ace on his second set point. ' ' '