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Cano plays shortstop for Yankees

It had been 10 years since Robinson Cano played shortstop — and that was emergency duty for the Double-A Trenton Thunder.

“Weird,” Cano said of playing short in the ninth inning of the Yankees’ 5-3 loss to the Orioles yesterday in The Bronx,.

Cano was pressed back into emergency duty at shortstop after Joe Girardi pinch-hit in the eighth inning for Jayson Nix — the Yankees’ third-stringer and only healthy shortstop.

Derek Jeter is on the disabled list and backup Eduardo Nunez suffered a bruised right wrist on Friday night.

So in the top of the ninth, Cano — a two-time Gold Glover at second base — shifted to the left side of the diamond.

“Whatever it takes to help the team, I will do,” he said.

Cano, who didn’t have a ball hit to him in a 1-2-3 inning, played 80 games at short in the minors — one in 2003 (in Double-A), 59 in 2002 (Single-A) and 20 more in 2001 (Single-A).

Beyond the minor league experience, though, Yankees infield coach Mick Kelleher said Cano regularly takes grounders at shortstop once he has completed his second-base work. Kelleher said it allows Cano to stretch his arm and also to talk with Jeter. But Cano hadn’t taken grounders at short since spring training.

“He loves it,” Kelleher said.

Kelleher was disappointed Cano didn’t get any chances at short, saying, “I was hoping he’d get a ground ball. See him pick it and throw it.”

“I was ready,” Cano said.

With Cano at short, Francisco Cervelli ventured from catcher to second base for the second time in his career (the other was July 31, 2011). Cervelli didn’t have any traffic either, as David Robertson recorded a strikeout and two fly balls to center.

“It’s OK,” Cervelli said of playing second. “I love to catch. But the situation, I’m going to do what the manager says.”

mark.hale@nypost.com