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- Updated: July 23, 2016
NEW YORK — For most of the 2016 season, Carlos Beltran’s bat has been the lone saving grace for the Yankees’ offense.
It’s a bat that has driven in a team-high 61 runs. It’s a bat that’s smacked a team-high 20 home runs and a team-high 20 doubles. It’s a bat that has logged a .305 batting average and an .898 OPS, both of which are also team highs. But in the Yankees’ 3-2 win over the Giants on Friday night, it wasn’t Beltran’s bat that led the Yankees to victory. It was his glove.
Beltran’s defense was stellar Friday, as the right fielder made two crucial plays behind starter Masahiro Tanaka to keep runs off the board. The second play, a running stab in the sixth inning that stole a sure double, possibly a triple, from Brandon Crawford, helped Tanaka get out of his final frame in order. But the first play, a 91.2 mph laser throw home to double up Gregor Blanco and keep a zero on the scoreboard in the third inning, may well have been the most important of the ballgame, at least to Yankees manager Joe Girardi.
“Obviously …
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