Boston Herald

Stanton’s off the schneid with Yanks

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Matt Harvey’s last pitch for the New York Mets was his worst one, ending up as Giancarlo Stanton’s first home run with the Yankees.

Stanton hit a two-run shot just to the right of straightaw­ay center with two outs in the fifth that ended Harvey’s outing yesterday as the Yankees beat the Mets, 10-3, in Tampa, Fla.

“One too many fastballs,” Harvey said. “That one, obviously, ran back over the middle of the plate. A hitter like that, you can’t do that.”

The drive ended Stanton’s spring-training opening 20 at-bat homerless drought. He does have sev- en hits in 21 at-bats (.333) overall for the NL MVP who led the majors with 59 home runs last year.

“Just a good adjustment from the second at-bat . . . don’t miss the fastball away,” a smiling Stanton said.

Harvey went 4 2⁄3 innings, giving up five runs, six hits, one walk and striking out two. He hit Stanton with a pitch on the right forearm during a two-run first, but struck out the slugger in the third.

Mets designated hitter Tim Tebow went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts and he walked once. He is 1-for-14.

Washington second baseman Daniel Murphy didn’t experience any issues during his first onfield batting practice following offseason knee surgery. He still doesn’t have a timetable as to when he’ll appear in a Grapefruit League game, but has said he might only need a handful of at-bats to be ready for opening day.

Mike Moustakas passed his physical and was in a Royals uniform again. After a slow free agent market, Moustakas — a Scott Boras client who set the franchise record with 38 home runs last year — signed a oneyear $6.5 million contract with a team he passed on a $17.4 million qualifying offer from last November.

Also yesterday, Kansas City outfielder Jorge Bonifacio was suspended 80 games after testing positive for a performanc­e-enhancing substance.

Ryan Braun started in left field for the first time this spring after making his first four Cactus League starts at first base, where he says he “definitely (doesn’t) feel comfortabl­e at all.”

Braun is getting time at first base after the Brewers acquired outfielder­s Christian Yelich and Lorenzo Cain during the offseason. If the transition goes well, Braun would likely split time between the positions.

Luis Robert, a Cuban ranked as high as third among White Sox prospects, will miss about 10 weeks with a sprained left thumb. The 20-year-old outfielder was hurt sliding into second base on a steal this week.

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