Yankees Release Lineup for ALCS Game 6 With Giancarlo Stanton Once Again on the Bench
By Parker White
New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone has released his lineup for Game 6 of the ALCS, and the one major change from yesterday's win is the absence of Giancarlo Stanton, who is once again on the bench.
In Stanton's stead, veteran slugger Edwin Encarnacion is back in the starting lineup at DH and will bat fifth.
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After Aaron Hicks' heroics in Game 5, he'll move up to the cleanup spot. Shortstop Didi Gregorius is also moving up in the batting order, as he'll hit sixth behind Encarnacion. Gary Sanchez, Gio Urshela and Brett Gardner round out the bottom of the order.
The biggest announcement of note is Boone going with right-hander Chad Green as his starter, as both the Yankees and Astros are going with a bullpen approach to this game.
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Unlike Hinch going with Brad Peacock, who doesn't have a lot of experience as an opener, Green is not foreign to this and the Yankees are 11-4 this season when he takes the mound to start the game.