MIAMI (AP) -Slumping Alex Rodriguez has been benched for two days by the New York Yankees.
The three-time AL MVP had been set to play his first regular-season games in his hometown of Miami against the Marlins. He is batting .145 (8 for 55) in June.
The third baseman is in an 0-for-15 slump, and is hitting .212 with nine homers and 26 RBIs.
Rodriguez missed the start of the season following hip surgery. He has played in every game since rejoining the Yankees on May 8 in Baltimore, where he homered on his first pitch.
In scratching him from Friday’s lineup against the Marlins, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said A-Rod was “fatigued.”
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