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Miguel Andujar is a legitimate AL Rookie of the Year candidate and likely has passed teammate Gleyber Torres in that race with a bat that has turned into an extra-base machine.

Andujar upped his doubles total to 33 with two in Tuesday night’s 4-1 win over the Rays at Yankee Stadium. The second one came with two outs in the ninth and the Yankees leading by two runs and preceded Greg Bird’s opposite-field double to left that moved the advantage to three runs.

Whether Andujar follows Aaron Judge as back-to-back Yankees to win AL Rookie of the Year honors is still to be decided, but he has certainly gotten teammate Neil Walker’s attention.

“His bat-to-ball skills are as good as any young player I have seen,’’ Walker said. “I saw Starling Marte, Gregory Polanco and Andrew McCutchen early in their careers.’’

Andujar is batting .364 (12-for-33) with three doubles, four homers and 10 RBIs in his past eight games. His 55 extra-base hits in 113 career big-league games are the third-most through that many games in Yankees history. Only Joe DiMaggio with 80 and Bob Meusel with 57 have more.

When Dellin Betances struck out pinch-hitter Michael Perez in the eighth inning Tuesday night, it was the 29th straight relief appearance in which the right-hander has whiffed at least one batter. That set a franchise record. He has at least one strikeout in 47-of-49 appearances this year.

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