Gleyber falls victim to souped-up Stanton

Gleyber Torres appeared to be shaken up and had his neck examined during his atbat in the eighth inning Sunday night — which proved to be a case of friendly fire.

Shortly before Torres had come up to bat, late in the Yankees’ 6-3 win at Fenway Park, Giancarlo Stanton celebrated his own two-run homer by smacking him on the helmet. Torres then felt it flare up on a swing-andmiss minutes later, according to Aaron Boone.

“I might have been a little too hyped,” Stanton said with a grin. “I gotta ease up next time.”

Before Torres’ at-bat,

Joey Gallo was drilled on the right shin with a 94 mph fastball.

“We’ll see how he is overnight,” Boone said

Even with a left-hander on the mound Sunday night at Fenway Park, Luke Voit remained out of the Yankees lineup for a third straight game.

Instead, the left-handed hitting Anthony Rizzo and Brett Gardner started each of the three critical games against the Red Sox, including Sunday’s series finale against Eduardo Rodriguez, which the Yankees won 6-3.

Voit has had success against Rodriguez in the past, entering Sunday 5-for-13 (.385) with three doubles and a home run lifetime against him. Rizzo went 0-for-2 against Rodriguez and Gardner went 1-for-2, but Rizzo later added a big double during the Yankees’ game-winning rally in the eighth inning.

“That was a tough call for me tonight,” Boone said before the game. “There’s certainly a case for him to be in there. So that was probably the biggest thing I slept on and wrestled with most of the day today. Just decided this was the way I wanted to go.”

The Yankees have set their rotation for the final week of the regular season.

Jameson Taillon will return from a partially torn tendon in his right ankle to

start Tuesday’s series opener against the Blue Jays, followed by Gerrit Cole and Corey Kluber. Cole leapfrogging Kluber in the rotation, and staying on normal rest, will allow the Yankees to be flexible with their ace — either keeping him in line to start a potential AL wildcard game or possibly bringing him back on short rest for Game 162 against the Rays if needed.