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OK, maybe not two platinum sombreros in his first week wearing the pinstripes, or the substantial, repeated booing, or Giancarlo Stanton looking more lost at home plate than the titular band of “This Is Spinal Tap” wandering backstage in Cleveland. The Yankees suffered a terrible, 12-inning, 8-7 loss to the Orioles Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium, and you couldn’t have drawn up a more fitting conclusion than the new guy Stanton receiving a situation to be the hero, only to wind up the goat once more. The big guy’s strikeout against Baltimore right-hander Brad Brach, with teammates on first and second and two outs, concluded this four-hour, 48-minute slog — and followed Aaron Judge’s 1-2-5 double play with the bases loaded and none out — and gave Stanton five whiffs on the day, tying his career high … which he established in Tuesday’s home opener. In the six games of this homestand, during which the Yankees went a modest 3-3, Stanton posted a .107/.167/.214 slash line with one home run, two singles, two walks and … wait for it … 16 strikeouts in 27 at-bats.
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