ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Yankees don’t have time to lose more bodies.

Yet, another might have just gone down.

Manager Aaron Boone pulled third baseman Gio Urshela before the seventh inning of Tuesday’s game against the Rays at Tropicana Field.

In the fifth inning, reliever Diego Castillo hit Urshela in the left wrist with a 95-mph fastball in a 1-0 count.

Urshela dropped in pain, wincing on the ground. He stayed in the game for an inning. TV cameras showed that Urshela’s hand turned black and blue almost immediately.

DJ LeMahieu, who started at first base, took over for Urshela at third base with Luke Voit moving from the bench to first base.

Urshela has easily been one of the most important Yankees, taking over for Miguel Andujar and hitting an astounding .316 with 20 home runs and 73 RBI.

Below, read pregame notes via the Yankees:

CAN'T TOUCH THIS: Yankees pitchers recorded 42K in the 3G series vs. Toronto, their most ever in a three-game series without any extra-inning games… was their third three-game set with at least 42K, also 43K in 31.0IP from 8/6-8/18 at Chicago-AL and 42K in 36.0IP from 5/5-7/17 at Chicago-NL.

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>> Posted a 1.83 ERA (54.0IP, 43H, 13R/11ER, 13BB, 77K, 5HR) on the recent six-game homestand.

>> Yankees starters have a 1.50 ERA (36.0IP, 6ER) in their last eight starts… have posted a 2.53 ERA (113.2IP, 32ER) in 24 starts since 8/27.

LONGBALL SHORTAGE: Yankees pitchers have given up just 30HR in their last 29G (since 8/22), posting a 1.04 HR/9.0IP ratio… in that span, have held their opponents homerless nine times and allowed multiple HRs nine times… in their first 128G (through 8/21), had a 1.66 HR/9.0IP ratio (210HR/1,138.2IP).

>> Are 65-19 (.774) when allowing one-or-zero HRs in 2019, and 37-36 (.507) when allowing multiple HRs.

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