Yankees' Cody Bellinger placed on injured list with left hamstring strain

Aaron Judge is out. Giancarlo Stanton is out. And now the Yankees are going to be down another strong hitter who also carries a golden-type glove in left.

They placed Cody Bellinger on the 10-day injured list Sunday and recalled outfielder Spencer Jones from Triple-A Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre.

Bellinger suffered a left hamstring strain while running out a double in the eighth inning of Saturday night’s 3-1 win. He told reporters afterward that this was his first hamstring injury.

“It just feels a little tight,” he said. “I really don’t think it’s anything too serious. I feel like it’s on the smaller side.”

“It’s not something that seems terrible,” Aaron Boone said before Sunday night’s 11-4 loss to the Phillies. “He’s able to move around today. Just hope for something on the shorter side, but tough to know for sure.”

Indeed, despite the roster move, Bellinger was out in left doing some agility exercises before the game. Max Schuemann started in his place against lefty Cristopher Sanchez.

The plan for Bellinger reportedly is to undergo testing Monday in New York while the team continues its 10-game trip against the White Sox. The plan at the moment is for him to not put on cleats and to jog lightly for at least four days.

“Little tight,” he told reporters. “I didn’t wake up worse.”

Boone’s plan is for Jones to play left a good deal of the time, with Schuemann seeing some at-bats against lefties. “Just got to mix and match and piece it together,” Boone said. “We have capable guys. We’re going out there expecting to win.”

Bellinger, the All-Star Game MVP, has hit safely in 11 of his last 12 games (16-for-43), delivering a slash line of .372/.438/.465 in that stretch for a .903 OPS.

He is batting .259 with 11 homers, 53 RBIs and a .770 OPS in 102 games. He ranked second among all major-leaguers in defensive runs saved at 19 and was tied for third among leftfielders with five assists.

Before beginning his hot streak, Bellinger was 5-for-56 and had a .302 OPS in a 15-game span in which the Yankees went 4-11.

“Obviously, I hit a cold stretch there for a little bit,” he said. “It was way longer than I ever wanted it to be. But I just had to keep on fighting. I’ve been feeling good, feeling better [at the plate]. Yeah, it sucks.”

“It’s tough because our outfield has been suffering a lot this year,” infielder/outfielder Jose Caballero said Saturday night. “Big names the whole year. Cody is a big part of this team. I hope he feels better as soon as possible, but for sure it’s something we’re all going to feel because it’s a big bat that got off the field.”

The Yankees are 59-46, three  games behind AL East-leading Tampa Bay. Before Sunday, they had won five of their last six games.

“We have a great culture here,” Bellinger said. “It’s all about winning. We find ways to win.”

Ben Rice hit his 31st home run — a 417-foot shot to center off lefthander Tim Mayza in the seventh — and a double for the Yankees, who struck out 13 times. Rice has nine homers in his last 21 games. Anthony Volpe, who had an RBI double, and Ali Sanchez also had two hits. Will Warren (7-5) allowed six runs in three innings-plus and Ryan Yarbrough gave up five runs in the sixth.

Bryson Stott had five RBIs and Alec Bohm had four to back Sanchez (13-4), with each contributing a three-run double.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.