The New York Yankees started game one of the postseason against the Minnesota Twins with a bang. Tallying ten runs, the Bombers continued to show their run support and overall efficiency at the plate, but it was their formerly injured players that stepped up and produced.
Both Edwin Encarnacion and Giancarlo Stanton provided fantastic days to help give the Yankees a 1-0 lead in the series. The first baseman went 2-for-5 with two doubles, one run, and one RBI, and the left fielder for the Yankees earned three walks on the day.
Efficiency can present itself in numerous different ways, but getting on base is the ultimate goal, and Stanton did his job amidst negative criticism for his lack of “clutchness.