Boone gives Gallo, Gleyber chance to ‘reset’

Aaron Boone gave what he described as “reset” days off to two skidding players he still fully believes the Yankees will need to get righted down the final weeks of the regular season.

A slumping Joey Gallo and a shaky Gleyber Torres both were left out of the starting lineup of Tuesday’s 5-1 loss to the Blue Jays.

After striking out four times in Monday’s 8-0 loss to the Blue Jays, Gallo entered the day batting .130 with six home runs and 61 strikeouts in 123 at-bats since the Yankees acquired him from Texas ahead of the July 30 trade deadline.

“I’m trying to get back into the feel I was having earlier in the year, just getting my swing back to where I feel good and letting the ball travel. Just getting back to that,” Gallo said. “Obviously you want to play well, especially coming to a new team. But at the same time, it’s not the first time [I’ve slumped].”

The Yankees lost for the eighth time in 10 games on Tuesday following a 13-game winning streak that vaulted them back into the first wildcard position in the American League. Andrew Velazquez (2-for-3, one run scored) started at shortstop Tuesday night in place of Torres, who made two costly defensive mistakes (one error) in the team’s previous two losses.

Boone said he doesn’t envision Torres losing playing time or being taken out of games late for defensive purposes.

“I know Gleyber’s made a couple of mistakes defensively the last couple of days and has had some on the year, but I think it’s important to look at the body of work Gleyber’s put in this year defensively. It’s been a lot of steady play,” Boone said.

Boone had stuck with Gallo in the No. 2 hole despite his recent offensive flailings, but Aaron Judge was moved into that spot in the batting order, followed by Anthony Rizzo and Giancarlo Stanton. Brett Gardner (2-for-4) started in left, with Judge remaining in center and Stanton in right.

“Hopefully it’ll reset him a little bit,” Boone said.