Five Yankee hurlers pitched in as superheroes Thursday to a group of cancer-stricken kids.
Mound men Jordan Montgomery, Masahiro Tanaka, Michael Pineda, CC Sabathia and Luis Severino dressed up as comic-book favorites to surprise the children.
The youngsters had been gathered in a suite at Yankee Stadium to watch the team’s game against the Kansas City Royals, but it was rained out.
Fortunately, the special treat featuring the costumed pitchers had already been planned.
Sabathia was dressed as Superman, Severino as Iron Man, Montgomery as Captain America, Pineda as Wolverine and Tanaka as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Michelangelo.
Sabathia immediately cheered up 3-year-old Riley Manning-Burns, who is in remission from leukemia, the little boy’s mother said.
“Riley was so happy,” said the mom, Tara. “CC got on the floor and played a bean-bag game with him.”
The children were accompanied by volunteers from A Moment of Magic, a Bronx group that visits sick kids wearing princess costumes.
The group was being honored by the Yankees during the team’s annual HOPE — “Help Others Persevere and Excel” — week.