Unlike just about everyone else the Yankees have imported this season, Kendrys Morales hasn’t provided the offense that had been hoped for when they picked him up off the scrap heap from Oakland. But he showed signs of a turnaround in Saturday’s 5-3 win over Boston.
He singled three times against the Red Sox after entering the game in a 2-for-32 slump and hitless in 15 at-bats.
Before the game, manager Aaron Boone said he was confident Morales would be fine.
“The numbers don’t reflect how [good] his at-bats have been,’’ Boone said. “If you really go back and look day in and day out, it’s been a lot of hard contact and lineouts.