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Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton set to begin rehab assignment

Giancarlo Stanton’s much-needed return to the Yankees’ lineup is coming into focus.

After going through another pregame workout on Friday, Stanton was expected to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Double-A Somerset in Bowie, Md.

According to manager Aaron Boone, the plan was for Stanton to serve as the designated hitter on Saturday and Sunday, then return to The Bronx to face Luis Severino in a live batting practice session on Tuesday.

Rehabbing Giancarlo Stanton works out before the Yankees’ 4-0 loss to the Blue Jays.
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That would keep Stanton, who has been out since July 24 because of Achilles tendinitis, out of action for the Subway Series on Monday and Tuesday.

But if he continues to respond well to the increased workload, Stanton could be in play to rejoin the Yankees on Thursday, when they begin a 10-game road trip at Oakland.

When Stanton does return to the lineup, which has largely lacked a punch without him, he initially will be used strictly as a DH

“Then keep ramping him up in his pregame work and things like that to get to a point where he’d be an outfield option for us,” Boone said.

Aroldis Chapman walked back-to-back hitters on nine pitches for the second time in three games Friday night in the Yankees’ 4-0 loss to the Blue Jays.

Those ninth-inning walks loaded the bases with one out, though Ron Marinaccio cleaned up the mess by limiting the damage to just a sacrifice fly.

Chapman had appeared to be turning a corner before his last two outings.

“Chappy struggled tonight,” Boone said. “This was a rough one tonight. We gotta get after it with him to get him back in line to how he’s been.”

Aroldis Chapman is pulled by Aaron Boone in the ninth inning of the Yankees' loss to the Blue Jays.
Aroldis Chapman is pulled by Aaron Boone in the ninth inning of the Yankees’ loss to the Blue Jays.
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Severino will throw another bullpen session Saturday in advance of his live session on Tuesday, his first time facing hitters since hitting the injured list with a low-grade lat strain.

Though Severino is not eligible to be activated off the 60-day IL until Sept. 12, he is encouraged by how he has felt in his bullpen sessions and said he believes he could get big league hitters out right now.

“I don’t feel like I’m coming from any major injury,” he said. “My arm feels pretty good.”

Oswaldo Cabrera played his third different position in his third MLB game on Friday, starting in right field, a position he added to his repertoire earlier this year.

He played third base and shortstop in his first two games with the Yankees after being called up on Wednesday.

“I think one of his strengths as a player is just his maturity and his clock and way about him,” Boone said. “He’s turning himself into a really good player and I think he’s going to be a good player in this league for a long time.

“But the intangible things are really special with him.”

Clarke Schmidt helped the Yankees out of the bullpen earlier this year, but he is currently continuing to build up as the Yankees’ best starting pitching depth (which is thin) at Triple-A.

“Anytime that need comes up [in the bullpen], that’s always potentially in play,” Boone said. “But getting those starts and having that option there is important. But obviously we know he can impact us in the pen. So we’ll continue to talk through that, explore that, see what makes the most sense for us moving forward.”

Albert Abreu has struggled of late in the Yankees’ bullpen — with a 5.91 ERA over his last 10 ²/₃ innings — but he does not have any minor league options left.

“I think it comes down to his sinker command and throwing strikes early and building off of it,” pitching coach Matt Blake said.

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Oswaldo Cabrera picks up first big league hit in Yankees’ loss

On an otherwise dull day for the Yankees’ offense, Oswaldo Cabrera provided a bright spot.

The rookie infielder collected a pair of hits, including the first of his major league career, in the Yankees’ 9-2 loss to the Blue Jays on Thursday night in The Bronx.

“That was amazing,” Cabrera said after his second day in the big leagues. “At that moment, I just was in the sky.”

Cabrera’s first career hit came off Jose Berrios in the fourth inning. He smoked a 107.5 mph line drive to center field and hustled to second for a double. He later added a single in the seventh inning while going 2-for-4.

The 23-year-old Venezuelan said he planned to give the ball from his first hit to his dad Leobardo, who was at Yankee Stadium.

“He’s the person who made this happen for me, and my mom,” Cabrera said. “[My dad] helped me in everything. He’s the type of father who doesn’t buy something for himself, he buys everything for us. He doesn’t care if he’s not eating that night, he’s making sure we get food.”

Cabrera also looked smooth in his first start at shortstop after playing third base in his MLB debut on Wednesday.

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Yankees fans turn bleachers into barbershop in loss to Rays

The Yankees have been unbearable to watch lately, and the Bleacher Creatures want them to cut it out — literally.

The YES Network broadcast of Tuesday’s 3-1 loss to the Rays caught one fan, draped with a barber’s bib and all, getting a haircut from another fan, equipped with a spray bottle, comb and sheers. (It’s unclear how the fan made it past Yankee Stadium security with the contraband).

“Wow — they’re giving haircuts in the bleachers. I need a little trim. Want to go out there tomorrow?” Michael Kay asked his partners in the booth in the bottom of the eighth.

“I don’t know if that guy’s board certified, Michael,” Paul O’Neill said of the fan giving the trim. “You might come back looking awful funny.”

The Yankees are riding a three-game losing streak and are in danger of getting swept by the Rays at home on Wednesday. In August, the Yankees are a dreadful 3-11 but still are nine games up on the Tampa Bay Rays for first place in the AL East at 72-45.

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Jose Trevino walks off Yankees again in 13-inning win over Cubs

A night after the Yankees’ offense bailed out an ineffective Gerrit Cole, they had to work overtime Friday night to make sure Luis Severino’s latest gem didn’t go to waste. 

Jose Trevino, the last man left on the bench, finally delivered the big hit that was missing all night, coming through with an RBI single in the 13th inning to give the Yankees a 2-1 win over the Cubs in The Bronx. 

Pinch-hitting for Kyle Higashioka, Trevino roped a line drive over the head of shortstop Nico Hoerner, driving home Joey Gallo from third base and setting off a celebration. 

Before Trevino’s game-winning hit, the Yankees (42-16) had been 0-for-18 with runners in scoring position and had left 15 men on base. On the flip side, Severino and the Yankees’ bullpen had shut down the Cubs (23-34), holding Chicago to 0-for-18 with runners in scoring position and stranding 13 runners. 

Jose Trevino connects on a walk-off hit in the 13th inning.
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Jose Trevino celebrates after his walk-off hit.
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Clarke Schmidt (two innings), Wandy Peralta and Ron Marinaccio combined to keep the Cubs scoreless through four extra innings, not allowing a hit and stranding four runners. 

In the 11th, Schmidt induced a pop up and then helped himself out, snagging a line drive off the bat of Rafael Ortega and firing to second base for the double play. 

Schmidt had gotten a more conventional double play to end the 10th. After intentionally walking Ian Happ with one out, the Yankees reliever got Frank Schwindel to ground into a 5-4-3 twin killing to end the inning. 

The Cubs, meanwhile, intentionally walked Aaron Judge to lead off the 10th inning, Gleyber Torres to lead off the 11th and Judge again with one out in the 12th, but the Yankees couldn’t muster a rally in any of those situation. 

The Yankees celebrates after their 13-inning win over the Cubs.
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The Yankees were coming off a 10-7 win at Minnesota on Thursday, in which Cole dug them a 7-3 deficit by the time he exited the game in the third inning. 

But the bats were quieter on Friday night. After Torres put the Yankees up 1-0 with a solo homer in the fourth inning, they did not record another hit until Josh Donaldson’s infield single in the eighth inning. 

Severino delivered another strong start, giving up just one run over six innings. He struck out 10 for a second straight outing, lowering his ERA to 2.80 and getting the Yankees’ rotation back on track after a rough series against the Twins. 

Severino was sharp early, striking out five of the first six batters he faced before he got some help from his defense in the third inning. 

Luis Severino pitches Friday during the Yankees’ win over the Cubs.
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Luis Severino reacts during the Yankees’ win over the Cubs.
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With a runner on third, one out and the Yankees’ infield playing in, Christopher Morel hit a chopper to the left side. Torres fielded it and fired home to throw Jason Heyward out at the plate. 

Then, with runners on first and second, Judge — starting his sixth straight game in center field — made a diving grab in the left-center field gap to rob Happ and keep the Cubs off the scoreboard. 

Wade Miley shut the Yankees out for three innings, leaving the bases loaded in the third, before exiting the game with left-shoulder soreness. 

Gleyber Torres connects on a solo homer.
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Daniel Norris entered in the fourth and, on the first pitch he threw, Torres greeted him with a home run, giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead. 

Heyward tied the score in the fifth inning when he cracked his first home run of the year, a solo shot off Severino. 

Nick Madrigal and Morel followed by pouncing on first pitches for back-to-back singles with no outs. But Severino buckled down, striking out Willson Contreras (swinging) and Happ (looking) before getting Schwindel to ground out to end the threat. 

Severino walked Patrick Wisdom to lead off the sixth, but then got a strike-him-out, throw-him-out double play to help expedite his final inning of work. 

The Yankees had the makings of a rally in the eighth inning when Giancarlo Stanton walked and Donaldson singled with one out. But former Yankees reliever David Robertson escaped the jam by striking out Torres and Aaron Hicks.

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Jose Trevino’s clutch hit in 11th helps Yankees snap skid

Just as the Yankees’ first pothole of the 2022 season was beginning to crater, they pulled out a needed last-minute victory.

Michael King was rocked for a three-run homer in the seventh, but the Yanks quickly came back to tie the score before Jose Trevino’s RBI single lifted them to a 7-6 win in 11 innings, halting their season-worst losing streak at three games.

Gleyber Torres belted two of the Yankees’ four home runs on a night that DJ LeMahieu was a late scratch from the lineup with left wrist discomfort. Giancarlo Stanton also was pinch hit for by Estevan Florial in the seventh inning due to tightness in his right calf.

King, who had given up two runs Saturday against the White Sox, entered with a 3-2 lead following Austin Hays’ leadoff homer off starter Jordan Montgomery in the seventh. King allowed a single and a walk before surrendering a three-run homer to right by former Yankee Rougned Odor for a 5-3 game. It was only the second home run permitted by King in 27 innings this season.

Torres ripped his second solo homer of the game off Baltimore starter Bruce Zimmermann in the bottom of the inning, and Trevino added a two-out RBI single four batters later off reliever Logan Gillaspie for a 5-5 tie.

Jose Trevino celebrates after hitting a game-winning single in the 11th inning of the Yankees’ 7-6 win over the Orioles.
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Clay Holmes, Wandy Peralta and Clarke Schmidt recorded the next nine outs — one inning apiece — before the Orioles took a 6-5 lead against Schmidt in the 11th when third baseman Marwin Gonzalez couldn’t handle Hays’ hard grounder with the infield in, enabling Ryan McKenna to score.

The Yanks came back to tie again on Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s single to center in the bottom half against Bryan Baker, and after Gonzalez also singled, Trevino recorded his third RBI of the game with a single down the left-field line.

Rizzo and Trevino also had belted solo shots earlier in the game against Zimmermann for the Yankees (30-13).

The AL-leading Yanks entered facing what Aaron Boone acknowledged as their first true adversity of the season, with three straight losses for the first time alongside the Josh Donaldson incident/suspension, the IL assignments of Chad Green and Aroldis Chapman, and the COVID-list absences of Kyle Higashioka (activated Tuesday), Donaldson and Joey Gallo.

“As I always say, we know it’s coming,” Boone said before the game. “You’re going to have these bumps along the way, whether it’s on the injury front, guys getting ill, whatever.

Gleyber Torres hits one of his two home runs in the Yankees’ win over the Orioles.
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“We’re prepared to deal with that. We’ve been hit here a little bit these last few days, but feel like we’re in a good spot to deal with it and move on. … This group welcomes it and will handle it.”

Montgomery handled the Orioles’ lineup in the early innings, retiring the first eight batters he faced until Jorge Mateo’s single in the third. Montgomery has posted a 3.30 ERA over nine starts, but the lefty has an 0-1 mark with eight no-decisions due to scant ran support.

The slumping Rizzo provided Montgomery a 1-0 lead with a solo blast to right off Zimmerman in the first, only his second homer in May after belting nine in April.

Trevino also went deep to left in the third, his second of the season, before Torres made it 3-0 with his sixth of the year one inning later. The two homers on the night gave Torres 18 in his career against the Orioles, easily his most against any opponent.

Montgomery didn’t allow a runner to reach scoring position until Ramon Urias’ double down the left-field line in the fifth. The Orioles posted their first run against the lefty on Odor’s groundball out for a 3-1 game.

Boone allowed Montgomery to start the seventh after throwing 84 pitches through six, but Hays tagged him for a leadoff homer to right to shave the Yankees’ lead to one before King entered and surrendered the lead.

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