Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Sets tone in blowout win
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Yastrzemski went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, a walk, one additional RBI and two total runs scored in Tuesday's 10-0 win over the Orioles.
Yastrzemski took the second pitch of the game deep to right field for his fifth homer over 13 contests in September. He's posted just four other hits this month, but he's been decently productive with nine RBI and 10 runs scored. Overall, Yastrzemski has a .237/.312/.442 slash line with 16 homers, 52 RBI, 55 runs scored and three stolen bases through 129 contests.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Getting rest Saturday
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Yastrzemski isn't in the Giants' lineup Saturday versus San Diego, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.
Yastrzemski has gone 3-for-22 with two homers, five RBI and nine strikeouts over his last seven contests, and he'll now take a seat on the bench while Mark Canha fills the opening in right field and bats leadoff.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Homer, four RBI in victory
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Yastrzemski went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run and four RBI in Wednesday's win over the Brewers.
Yastrzemski lined out to center in his first at-bat before launching a three-run homer in the second inning to extend San Francisco's lead to eight runs. The outfielder would also add an RBI double in the fourth to give him just his second multi-hit performance this month. Yastrzemski has now gone deep in back-to-back games and already has four long balls in September to go along with seven RBI and seven runs scored.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Leaves yard Tuesday
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Yastrzemski went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Tuesday's loss to the Brewers.
Yastrzemski led off the bottom of the sixth with a solo home run off Aaron Civale to bring the Giants within a run of the Brewers. Three of his last five hits have left the yard, though he's struggled to a .208 average and 31 percent strikeout rate in September so far. For the year, Yastrzemski's slashing .237/.311/.434 with 14 homers, 46 RBI, 51 runs, three steals and a 34:108 BB:K in 413 plate appearances.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Taking seat Sunday
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Yastrzemski is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Padres, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.
Yastrzemski will sit after a run of eight straight starts, during which his clubbed two homers but batted just .192. Luis Matos is starting in right field in the series finale at San Diego.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Homers again Tuesday
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Yastrzemski went 2-for-4 with a solo homer, a walk and three runs scored in Tuesday's loss to the Diamondbacks.
Yastrzemski's big hit of the night came in the eighth and kickstarted a four-run inning for the Giants. He's now homered in back-to-back games and in four of his last eight, totaling six RBI over that span. For the year, the 24-year-old is slashing .242/.313/.439 with 13 homers, 45 RBI, 50 runs, three steals and a 32:101 BB:K in 394 plate appearances.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Launches 100th career homer
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Yastrzemski went 1-for-4 with a solo home run, a walk and an additional run scored in Sunday's 7-5 loss to the Marlins.
The homer was Yastrzemski's 100th career long ball, a mark he's achieved over six seasons. It's been a down year in the power department for the outfielder -- he has 12 homers through 117 contests, his lowest total since hitting 10 in 54 games during the shortened 2020 campaign. Yastrzemski has picked up the pace recently, going 7-for-26 (.269) with three homers and five RBI over his last seven games, lifting his season slash line to .239/.309/.430 across 389 plate appearances.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Taking seat Thursday
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Yastrzemski is not in the lineup for Thursday's contest in Milwaukee, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
The Giants are facing a right-hander in Aaron Civale, but the left-handed-hitting Yastrzemski will nonetheless begin the series finale on the bench. Jerar Encarnacion will occupy right field Thursday.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Swats homer in win
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Yastrzemski went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Tuesday's 5-4 win over the Brewers.
Yastrzemski's seventh-inning blast put the Giants ahead for good. The outfielder has found some success lately, going 7-for-22 (.318) with two homers and four RBI over his last six contests. Overall, he's maintained a .243/.307/.432 slash line with 11 homers, 42 RBI, 44 runs scored and three stolen bases over 113 games this year, mainly in a strong-side platoon role, though he hasn't been held out versus every southpaw. His main competitors for playing time are Mark Canha and Jerar Encarnacion, who have been utilized more frequently at first base and designated hitter rather than right field.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Lifts 10th homer
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Yastrzemski went 3-for-5 with a solo home run, a double and an additional run scored in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Mariners.
Yastrzemski had gone just 8-for-47 (.170) with no homers over his previous 14 games. The outfielder has four multi-hit efforts over 20 contests in August. He's now batting .242 with a .736 OPS, 10 homers, 40 RBI, 43 runs scored, 13 doubles, nine triples and three stolen bases over 111 games this season.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Getting day off against lefty
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Yastrzemski is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the White Sox, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.
Yastrzemski will hit the bench along with fellow left-handed hitters Michael Conforto and LaMonte Wade while the White Sox send southpaw Garrett Crochet to the hill for the series finale. The Giants haven't been as proactively shielding Yastrzemski from left-handers as they have with Conforto and Wade; Yastrzemski was included in the lineup in each of the club's previous five matchups with southpaw starters or bulk relievers.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Swipes bag Monday
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Yastrzemski went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Monday's 1-0 extra-inning loss to Atlanta.
Yastrzemski's steal was his third of the year and first since July 24. The outfielder has hit safely in six of his last eight games, going 8-for-31 (.258) with four extra-base hits in that span. For the season, he's up to a .246/.312/.434 slash line with nine home runs, 38 RBI and 39 runs scored across 101 contests, though he's also struggled to a 27.1 percent strikeout rate that continues to limit his upside.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Out versus left-hander
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Yastrzemski is not in the lineup for Friday's game in Cincinnati, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.
The Reds are sending southpaw Andrew Abbott to the hill, so Yastrzemski will begin this one on the bench. Jerar Encarnacion is in right field in what will be his Giants debut.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Two hits, stolen base in win
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Yastrzemski went 2-for-3 with two RBI, a stolen base and a run scored in Wednesday's win over the Dodgers. He also drew a walk and was hit by a pitch.
Yastrzemski walked in his first trip to the plate before adding an RBI single and a steal in the fourth to put the Giants up 2-1. He drove in another run in the eighth and went on to reach four times in the contest, increasing his average to .326 (15-for-46) in July. It marked the outfielder's fifth multi-hit performance this month and fourth in his last 10 games, while the stolen base was just his second of the season.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Three extra-base hits in win
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Yastrzemski went 3-for-3 with a triple, two doubles and a walk in Sunday's 3-2 win over the Twins.
Yastrzemski's triple was the decisive play, as it turned into a Little League home run when he scored on a throwing error by Brooks Lee. Neither power nor speed have been notable for Yastrzemski this year, though this was his third multi-hit effort in his last four games. The outfielder is slashing .241/.316/.436 with eight home runs, 31 RBI, 29 runs scored, nine doubles, five triples and one stolen base across 78 contests.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Pair of hits, homer
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Yastrzemski went 2-for-4 with a solo home run during Thursday's 5-3 loss to the Blue Jays.
Yastrzemski came into Thursday's game hitless in his last 11 at-bats, but he snapped the streak with an infield single in the fourth inning and doubled down with a solo homer in the ninth. Yastrzemski is slashing .225/.302/.407 with eight home runs and a 28.8 percent strikeout rate through 75 games this year.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Idle vs. southpaw
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Yastrzemski is not in the starting lineup for Saturday's game against the Guardians.
Yastrzemski will take a seat Saturday with Cleveland sending left-hander Logan Allen to the mound. Luis Matos will return from a one-game absence to start in right field and bat fifth.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Late addition to lineup
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Yastrzemski (elbow) is batting seventh and playing right field Friday against Cleveland.
Yastrzemski was initially left out of the Giants lineup Friday, but a revised version of the starting nine has Yastrzemski in right field. The 33-year-old exited Thursday's game against Atlanta after being hit by a pitch, but he won't have to miss any time due to the injury.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Absent from starting nine
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Yastrzemski (elbow) is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Guardians.
Yastrzemski was hit in the elbow by a pitch Thursday, and although his X-rays came back clean, he'll be given Friday off. Michael Conforto, Heliot Ramos and Luis Matos will fill the outfield from left to right.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Dealing with swollen elbow
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X-rays came back negative on Yastrzemski's elbow after he was hit by a pitch Thursday against Atlanta, Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Yastrzemski was hit by a pitch in the elbow in the fourth inning and was pulled one frame later. He was diagnosed with a right elbow contusion and is considered day-to-day.
