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Curtis Granderson Must Sit If New York Yankees Are to Win AL East

that may be lost in the controversial ending to Saturday night’s 5-4 loss to the Baltimore Orioles is the continued slide of All-Star center fielder Curtis Granderson.

Granderson entered Saturday’s game as a pinch-hitter for Andruw Jones in the sixth inning and struck out against Baltimore reliever Darren O’Day with the tying run at second base in what was then a 3-2 game.

He stayed in the game to play center field and got another opportunity with a runner in scoring position in the top of the eighth inning. Trailing 5-3 with Robinson Cano at third and pinch-runner Eduardo Nunez at first, Granderson meekly popped out to Oriole catcher Taylor Teagarden against reliever Brian Matusz.

Two at-bats, a strikeout and ...

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