Yankees' Urshela (hand bruise) held out of lineup

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Wednesday, September 25, 2019

New York Yankees third baseman Gio Urshela was not in the starting lineup for Wednesday night's series finale against theTampa Bay Raysas he nurses a bruised left hand.

DJ LeMahieu will move over to third base in Urshela's absence, with Luke Voit starting at first.

The 27-year-old Urshela was hit on the left hand by a 95-mph fastball from Raysreliever Diego Castillo during the sixth inning on Tuesday night and was lifted from the game before the bottom of the seventh. X-rays came back negative, and the Yankees said he is listed as day-to-day.

"We certainly won't risk anything, and check on him and see how it is," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said after the Yankees' 2-1 loss to the Rays. "I don't anticipate it as an automatic down."

A breakout star for the banged-up Yankees this season, Urshela is hitting .315 with 20 homers, 73 RBIs and an .888 OPS. He went on the 10-day injured list in late August because of tightness in his left groin.

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