Yankees’ Trent Grisham leaves game with right hamstring discomfort

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Center fielder Trent Grisham left the New York Yankees’ game Friday night against San Diego because of discomfort in his right hamstring.

Grisham drew a walk from Walker Buehler leading off the second inning and was thrown out trying to steal second base. In the bottom of the inning, he had a hard time getting to Xander Bogaerts’ RBI single.

He was being taken out after the top of the third.

Manager Aaron Boone said Grisham will likely undergo imaging.

Grisham said he felt something in his hamstring while trying to steal the base.

Grisham said the timing of the injury “is disappointing for sure. But that’s part of the game. That’s what we sign up for. Hopefully it’s nothing too problematic.”

The Yankees lost 3-2 on Luis Campusano’s two-run home run in the 10th.

Rookie Spencer Jones, who is from Encinitas in northern San Diego County, moved from right field to center field, and Heliot Ramos entered in Grisham’s spot in the order playing right field.

Grisham came into Friday night hitting .211 with 18 homers and 59 RBIs.

He played with the Padres from 2020 through 2023 before being traded to the Yankees along with Juan Soto in a seven-player blockbuster Dec. 7, 2023.

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