Giancarlo's great start

Giancarlo Stanton, whose injury history since joining the Yankees before the 2018 season has been well-documented — he spent time on the injured list each year from 2019-25 — had a healthy and productive spring training, and it’s been more of the same one week into the regular season.

Stanton, given Wednesday afternoon off, recorded multiple hits in each of the Yankees’ first five games for a 10-for-20 start. He became the fourth player in franchise history to have multiple hits in each of the Yankees’ first five games, joining Alfonso Soriano (2003), Bill Skowron (1956) and Bob Meusel (1928); the latter trio each did it in the first six games of those seasons.

By Erik Boland

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Erik Boland started in Newsday's sports department in 2002. He covered high school and college sports, then shifted to the Jets beat. He has covered the Yankees since 2009.