Aaron Judge out of Yankees’ lineup against Orioles, one night after getting hit on hand by pitch WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio [Video]

NEW YORK — (AP) — Aaron Judge was out of the New York Yankees’ lineup Wednesday against the Baltimore Orioles, one night after he was hit on the left hand by a pitch.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Judge was feeling better, though, and even took a few swings in the indoor batting cage.

“I think it’s day to day,” Boone said before the game. “It was probably close today.”

“But definitely is still pretty sore in there, so I don’t want him to go out there and kind of compromise anything just to fight through it, just start a bad habit or something,” he added. “So hopefully continue to get improvements today and we’ll see about tomorrow.”

Trent Grisham replaced Judge in center field and batted ninth as New York lost 7-6 in 10 innings. Yankees ace Gerrit Cole pitched four-plus innings in his season debut after recovering from a right elbow injury.

Judge was struck by a 94.1 mph fastball from Baltimore starter …