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“#Giancarlo Stanton struggles coinciding with Yankees slump<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The Yankees\u2019 offense is spiraling towards an historic low point. Saturday night\u2019s 7-3 loss to the Red Sox at the Stadium was further evidence of that.<\/p>\n

No player in their lineup is scuffling more than Giancarlo Stanton. The former NL MVP, who was 0-for-4 Saturday night with two strikeouts, has looked lost since returning to the active roster from the injured list on May 27.<\/p>\n

The Yankees slugger is now 2-for-23 since coming back after the quadriceps injury that knocked him out, and the boos from the home crowd are growing louder with each at bat.
The boos, of course, are nothing new to Stanton, who has spent most of his career in New York as a target for Yankees fans\u2019 frustrations.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s tangible evidence that, as Stanton goes, so goes the Yankees offense, which means it\u2019s imperative for them to get him going somehow.<\/p>\n

In his first 15 game<\/a>s this season, Stanton struggled with a .158 batting average and the Yankees went 6-9 during that stretch.<\/p>\n

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Then the perpetually streaky Stanton got on one of those scalding runs he has been prone to find, batting .378 in the next 18 games. The Yankees went 12-6 during that stretch.<\/p>\n

In the past seven games, though, Stanton\u2019s average has dipped below .100 and the Yankees are 2-5 in that span.<\/p>\n

\u201c[He\u2019s] struggling to get kind of locked in up there,\u2019\u2019 manager Aaron Boone said after the loss, the Yankees\u2019 third in a row and ninth in the past 12 games. \u201cI thought [Friday] night he had some good at bats, hit the ball hard to third got the base hit that he smoked to left and [then] worked the walk.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut he\u2019s kind of searching to find it. Hopefully, as he gets more consistent reps here he\u2019ll lock it in.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

If he doesn\u2019t, this could get uglier for the Yankees\u2019 anemic offense.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s an impact hitter, no two ways about it,\u2019\u2019 Boone said. \u201cSo when he\u2019s going, obviously he brings an on-base element and has tremendous power. He\u2019s a run-producer. We know that if we get him going, that\u2019s a big cog in this lineup.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Red Sox manager Alex Cora, a former player, sympathized with Stanton\u2019s struggles.<\/p>\n