The Yankees fell to the Minnesota Twins on Thursday afternoon by a score of 15-0 in a rain-shortened game.

Here are the takeaways…

— While Giancarlo Stanton played in the exhibition match against Panama earlier this week, he made his Grapefruit League debut on Thursday, serving as the DH and batting cleanup.

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Stanton went 0-for-2 with a punchout.

— No Aaron Judge in the lineup for the Yankees, as the captain is currently with Team USA. The Yankees shifted Cody Bellinger to right field, a luxury that they can also deploy during the regular season to give Judge a break, when needed.

Bellinger went 0-for-1 with a walk.

— Paul Blackburn started on the mound, allowing a run in the second inning on a walk, single, and double. Blackburn did help his own cause by making a barehanded play to nab a runner trying to score from third in that inning. He allowed a solo shot to Luke Keaschall in the third, and was then pulled after a walk. Blackburn threw 56 pitches, allowing two earned runs on three hits with three strikeouts and two walks.

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The Yankees are stretching Blackburn out to be a multi-inning reliever and a spot starter, and with news that Cam Schlittler is going to start the regular season on a pitch limit, having someone like Blackburn piggyback with him could certainly be on the table.

— Aaron Boone had Ryan McMahon starting at shortstop, something that the club has been tinkering with this spring. With Anthony Volpe set to miss the start of the season as he recovers from offseason shoulder surgery, Jose Caballero will likely be the starter for New York, but the team has been taking a look at McMahon there as well.

The veteran had a moment to forget in the fourth. With runners on second and third and two away, McMahon made a nice stop deep in the hole, but his throw to first got away, allowing a pair of runs to score on the error. He did bounce back by lining a double into left-center later in the game.

— The rain started to come down in the bottom of the sixth, and after a brief delay, the game was called. The Yankees allowed 15 runs on 16 hits, and had just two hits themselves.

What’s next

The Yankees host the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night at 6:35 p.m., which Schlittler set to make his spring debut.