Yankees’ Didi Gregorius apparently hurt, pulled from game

Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius was pulled after a collision in Sunday’s game against the Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium.

NEW YORK — The Yankees pulled shortstop Didi Gregorius with an apparent injury during a game against the Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Manager Aaron Boone lifted Gregorius before the start of the third inning.

The Yankees haven’t said why Gregorius was taken out.

In the first inning, Gregorius collided with Toronto first baseman Kendrys Morales. Gregorius was racing to beat out a groundball single to second base.

Gregorius was safe, but second baseman Devon Travis’ throw was short and right of the bag. Morales made a bad move in trying to scoop it while directly in line with Gregorius, who was going full speed.

Boone and team trainer Steve Donohue checked on Gregorius, who was doubled over in pain. When he stood up, he hopped a little. Gregorius stayed in the game and eventually scored on Greg Bird’s grand slam. Gregorius played the next inning in the field, too, then Boone put Gleyber Torres in his place at shortstop with Ronald Torreyes taking over for Torres at second base.

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Here are some Yankees pregame notes, courtesy of the team’s PR staff:

PICKING UP THE SLACK: Since RF Aaron Judge joined C Gary Sanchez on the D.L. on 7/27, several Yankees hitters rank among Major League leaders:
* 3B Miguel Andujar is hitting .321/.345/.679 (27-for-84) with 14R, 6 doubles, 8HR, 22RBI and 2BB in 22G…is tied for the lead in the Majors in RBI and tied for third in home runs.
* OF Giancarlo Stanton is hitting .299/.364/.690 (26-for-87) with 20R, 7 doubles, 9HR, 18RBI and 8BB in 22G…leads the AL in HRs and is tied for second in runs scored and extra-base hits with 16.
* CF Aaron Hicks is hitting .275/.440/.478 (19-for-69) with 17R, 2 doubles, 4HR, 14RBI and 21BB in 21G…leads the Majors in walks and is tied for fifth with 40 times on base…is tied for sixth in the AL in runs scored.
* SS Didi Gregorius is hitting .291/.374/.494 (23-for-79) with 14R, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 4HR, 14RBI and 9BB in 21G.
* As a group, the four players have combined to hit .298 (95-for-319) with 65R, 17 doubles, 1 triple, 25HR, 68RBI and 40BB in 22 games…have driven in 68 of the Yankees’ 113R in that span (60.2%).
* As a team, the Yankees have averaged 5.14 runs per game (113R/22G) with Judge out, after averaging 5.17 runs per game (524R/101G) prior to his injury.

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