With the Yankees mixing and matching their lineup and Giancarlo Stanton out of it more often than he would’ve been as a younger player, he knows he needs to boost his numbers as a

Stanton has been around long enough that his first pinch-hit homer was also the 432nd home run of his career, which got him past Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. for 50th in major league history. Next up are Juan González and Andruw Jones at 434.

The New York Yankees are back in a New York groove, thanks to the hard hits of slugger Giancarlo Stanton. The Yankees, which hadn't won a series since early Ju