Fifteen games in a 60-game season, Giancarlo Stanton appears to be back on the disabled list.
The Yankees batsman injured his left thigh at base Saturday in a 5-3 double game through the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field.
An MRI is pending, “it looks like an IT situation,” said Yankees manager Aaron Boone.
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Stanton hit his third house race of the year in the first seven-inning game, an 8-4 win by the Yankees.
Stanton served as a designated hitter at the seven-inning evening stopper and, however, scored from the third inning in a bachelor through Luke Voit in the fourth inn.
But when he climbed into a wild box from first base, you can notice Stanton flexing his left knee after sliding into the bag.
Boone showed that the hamstrings had “tightened” the match.
Upon reaching the dugout, Stanton told Boone to have a player in a position to enter while trying to stretch his leg and assess his condition.
When Stanton arrived here in the sixth inning, with runners in the front row and no outs, Boone sent left batter Mike Ford to left-hander Jalen Beeks.
Ford retired and Gleyber Torres struck out in a double play, holding the Rays’ 5-1 lead.
Stanton can be replaced on the Yankees’ active roster via Miguel Andujar or Clint Frazier.
Aaron Judge, acknowledging a complicated break with a vital player who has had an effect and will be missed, added that “our motto, like last year, is the next man.”
“We have a team full of guys in our place of choice to seize the opportunity.”
Frustrated by spending the 2019 season maximum at IL, Stanton worked the off-season and lost 20 pounds after Florida spring practice, returning to his slimmer appearance with the Marlins.
Stanton, 30, has played 18 regular-season games in 2019 due to left shoulder injuries, left biceps, right knee and calf.
Back in the playoffs, Stanton played after suffering a détente in the right quadriceps in the first game of the American League championship series in Houston.
“It hurts, period, ” Boone. “I know what you did to be here. Obviously, his game speaks for itself.
“Let’s hope it’s something that might not stop him for long.”
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