ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Gleyber Torres tied his dwelling run whole from final season on Sunday, in 82 fewer video games, even whereas coping with a latest wrist subject.
Torres crushed his ninth dwelling run of the yr within the second inning off Shane McClanahan, giving the Yankees a lead earlier than they fell to the Rays 4-2 at Tropicana Discipline.
It was Torres’ second dwelling run of the collection, and fourth previously week, regardless of getting remedy for a wrist subject. Torres has been sporting a wrap on the wrist earlier than and through video games after which an ice wrap after video games all through this four-game set, however he indicated on Friday it was not a difficulty.
“He’s been getting some remedy for his wrist, but it surely hasn’t been one thing that’s actually affected him a lot in any respect within the recreation,” supervisor Aaron Boone stated earlier than the sport. “Simply one thing he’s treating and ensuring he does upkeep work on it.”
Boone was uncertain if something particularly brought on the wrist to flare up.
“I believe it’s simply one thing that’s form of creeped up on him,” Boone stated.
Torres went 3-for-4 and added a pointy defensive play within the seventh inning, sliding to his proper and firing dwelling to get a drive out on the plate.
Torres’ ninth dwelling run got here in his forty fifth recreation of the season and 161st plate look. Final yr, he had 9 homers in 127 video games and 516 plate appearances. In 2020, he solely hit three homers in 42 video games and 160 plate appearances.
Regardless of being one of many Yankees’ hottest hitters within the first month of the season, Anthony Rizzo has gone equally chilly since.
The primary baseman went 0-for-4 Sunday, falling additional into the stoop he has been in for the previous month.
In his first 20 video games of the season, Rizzo hit .284/.391/.703 with 9 dwelling runs, 21 RBIs, 9 walks and 12 strikeouts. In 26 video games since getting into Sunday, he was hitting .165/.284/.308 with two dwelling runs, seven RBIs, 14 walks and 20 strikeouts.
Rizzo’s lone hit of the collection in opposition to the Rays was an RBI double smoked to proper discipline on Thursday.
“He’s gotten some massive hits for us,” Boone stated. “However I believe it’s that high quality of contact. … It’s simply that little tick the place when he will get off his good swing or will get on time with a pitch, it’s simply barely lacking actually clipping it. I believe that’s one of many issues that simply occurs with the ebb and stream of the season. He’s nonetheless getting on base just a little bit. However I believe it’s simply shoring up when he will get his pitch and he’s on time, ensuring he sticks it.”
Catcher Rob Brantly, who was designated for project on Wednesday after being known as as much as fill in whereas Kyle Higashioka was on the COVID IL, elected free company on Friday as a substitute of accepting an outright project to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. However on Saturday, the Yankees re-signed him to a minor league contract and assigned him to SWB.
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