Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton pulled from game due to hamstring

NEW YORK --  Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton left Saturday night's 8-3 win over the Atlanta Braves because of left hamstring tightness.

The Yankees said Stanton will have imaging on Sunday.

Stanton doubled off the center-field wall in the fourth inning and winced when he rounded third base on  Gleyber Torres' double. Stanton scored to give New York a 4-1 lead.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Stanton came to him after scoring and asked to be removed from the game.  Trent Grisham pinch hit for Stanton leading off the sixth.

"Hopefully it's not too significant," Boone said.

Stanton played in 69 of the Yankees' first 79 games this season -- none in the field -- and is hitting .246 with 18 homers and 45 RBIs. He is in the midst of his healthiest season with the Yankees since he played in 158 games in 2018, his first after he was acquired from  Miami.

Stanton, 34, arrived in spring training slimmer after missing 266 games the previous five seasons due to a strained right biceps and strained posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee (2019), strained left hamstring (2020), strained left quadriceps (2021), right ankle inflammation, left Achilles tendinitis (2022) and a strained left hamstring (2023).

The Associated Press contributed to this report.