ST. PETERSBURG — DJ LeMahieu was again within the lineup Saturday. It was the primary time he has performed since Monday due to discomfort in his left wrist. The infielder had a cortisone shot on Tuesday and as late as Thursday night there was a worry he could must go on the injured record.
Instead, he went 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored on Saturday within the Yankees’ 3-1 loss to the Rays at Tropicana Field.
“It was good to be out there,” LeMahieu mentioned. “I was excited.”
LeMahieu mentioned there was no situation along with his wrist whereas he performed.
“Just a really good turn of events,” Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned. “About 36 hours in the past, I used to be just a little nervous that we would have to do an IL stint after which [he] actually felt good two nights in the past. He was capable of hit after which yesterday had an actual regular day.
“So yeah, excited to get him back in there.”
LeMahieu got here into the sport hitting .250/.329/.375 with a .704 OPS, three homers and 17 RBI.
GALLO DROPS DOWN
Maybe dropping all the way down to the final spot within the lineup will assist Joey Gallo discover his swing. That’s the place the struggling slugger discovered himself within the beginning lineup for Saturday’s sport. It was the primary time Gallo has been within the No. 9 spot in a beginning lineup since 2017 with the Rangers. That was additionally the 12 months he hit a career-high 41 house runs.
Gallo went 1-for-3 with a strikeout Saturday.
Boone argued that the No. 9 spot just isn’t a demotion.
“The nine hole, if you’ve covered me you know, is a place I value. I think there’s a pretty good fit there, especially as you turn over the lineup when he’s going well, his ability to get on base. … Just trying to space out our lineup a little bit in our lefties a little bit better,” Boone mentioned earlier than the sport.
“I think maybe it’s a spot that he can potentially thrive in for us.”
Gallo snapped an 0-for-20 stretch with a single on Friday. Over his earlier 9 video games, Gallo is 2-for-29 along with his one hit being a house run. He slashed .069/.209/.172 with a .378 OPS. Overall this season, Gallo is hitting .168/.277/.310 with 5 house runs with 50 strikeouts in 113 at-bats.
ODD MAN OUT
Aaron Hicks, who missed the primary two video games of the sequence due to tightness in his proper hamstring, was able to play Saturday however not within the lineup by Boone’s alternative.
“Just my decision there and, yeah, he’s ready to go and will probably be in there tomorrow,” Boone mentioned.
Boone determined to pinch hit Hicks for Jose Trevino with two outs and Isiah Kiner-Falefa on within the eighth inning. Hicks struck out.
Hicks has struggled on the plate this season and is off to a .209/.338/.243 begin with one house run and 7 RBI in his first 39 video games.
“We’ll just continue to work on getting that quality of contact going,” Boone mentioned. “He’s still doing a pretty good job of controlling the zone. He was getting some traction there for a few days, so we just got to keep working with him and hopefully get him to that point to where he’s starting to really swing out like we know he’s capable of along with obviously his ability to get on base.”
Hicks had began to warmth up within the final week earlier than struggling the hamstring situation. He was hitting .278/.381/.278 over his final 5 video games. He has additionally drawn 21 walks this season.
REHAB ROUNDUP
Tim Locastro (strained lat) was on the Yankees’ minor league facility on Saturday getting at-bats. He was going through Domingo German (shoulder impingement syndrome), who Boone mentioned has been throwing reside batting observe and shall be despatched out on a rehab project “soon.” … Catcher Ben Rortvedt, acquired within the deal that introduced Josh Donaldson and Isiah Kiner-Falefa to the Yankees and despatched Gary Sanchez and Gio Urshela to the Twins, was on the ballpark on Friday strolling with no brace after having surgical procedure final week to restore a torn meniscus in his knee. Boone mentioned he’s on schedule. … Zack Britton (Tommy John surgical procedure) is anticipated to throw off a mound for the primary time later subsequent week, not Tuesday as initially thought. … Aroldis Chapman (Achilles) is ready to hold his arm working in rehab again in New York and Jonathan Loaisiga (shoulder) remains to be in a no-throw interval of his rehab.
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