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Giancarlo Stanton and Cody Bellinger both hit two home runs, Aaron Judge launched his 40th of the season and the New York Yankees matched a franchise record with nine longballs in a 13-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
Anthony Volpe, who recently received a cortisone shot in his left shoulder, was replaced by Jose Caballero for the third straight game.
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The one advantage that Volpe has over Caballero is power-hitting, as he has 19 homers this season alone, while Caballero has 17 in his career. However, he has just four homers since the start of August, so that area of his game isn’t something that New York can rely on right now.
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When he wrote out the lineup for Wednesday’s game against the Tigers at the Stadium, Boone instead had Jose Caballero starting and Volpe on the bench. And when he was asked about saying he viewed Volpe as the team’s shortstop just 24 hours earlier, the response was quite different.
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