NEW YORK — Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton left Saturday evening’s 8-3 win over the Atlanta Braves due to left hamstring tightness and is scheduled to bear imaging Sunday to find out the severity of the damage.
Stanton doubled off the center-field wall within the fourth inning and winced when he rounded third base on Gleyber Torres’ double. Stanton scored to offer New York a 4-1 lead.
“He simply got here to me after that and stated he wanted to come back out,” Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone stated. “So we’ll see what we have.”
Trent Grisham pinch hit for Stanton main off the sixth.
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Stanton gave the impression to be strolling gingerly as he exited the locker room.
“He is in fairly good spirits,” Boone stated. “Clearly he is handled these form of issues previously. So hopefully it isn’t one thing that retains him down too lengthy.”
Stanton performed in 69 of the Yankees’ first 79 video games this season — none within the discipline — and is hitting .246 with 18 homers and 45 RBIs. The energetic chief in dwelling runs with 420, he’s within the midst of his healthiest season with the Yankees since he performed in 158 video games in 2018, his first after he was acquired from Miami.
Stanton arrived in spring coaching slimmer after lacking 266 video games the earlier 5 seasons resulting from a strained proper biceps and strained posterior cruciate ligament in his proper knee (2019), strained left hamstring (2020), strained left quadriceps (2021), proper ankle irritation and left Achilles tendinitis (2022) and a strained left hamstring (2023).
“He is been such a drive for this offense,” stated Aaron Choose, who hit his main league-leading twenty eighth homer within the first inning. “Hitting the homers, arising clutch with guys on base — that is an enormous a part of his recreation. Hopefully, we get some excellent news.”
