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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar; Photo by Henk Seppen)

Productive day for Didi Gregorius
Nederlands
KISSIMMEE (LAKE BUENA VISTA), Florida (USA) - Mariekson 'Didi' Gregorius had a productive day for the New York Yankees on Wednesday (March 18) in the 12-5 victory against the Atlanta Braves.


...Didi Gregorius...
...2 singles, triple, run, RBI...
(© Photo: Henk Seppen)
The Yankees collected 14 basehits, including three by the Amsterdam-born Gregrius, who was 3-for-3, scored a run and batted in one.

Gregorius, who was the lead-off batter in five Spring Training-games of the Yankees, batted in eighth position against the Braves.

After the Yankees had stranded one runner in the first two innings, Gregorius led off the third inning with a single off of starter Mike Foltynewicz. When next batter José Pirela struckout, Gregorius stole second base. Another strikeout followed, but then Gregorius scored the opening run for the Yankees on a single by Chase Headley, which led to a pitching change.

In the top of the fourth inning, James Russell became the new pitcher for the Braves. He gave up a lead-off double to Garrett Jones, then a homerun to next batter Stephen Drew, which lifted the lead to 3-0. Hereafter, Chris Young grounded out, but then Gregorius followed with his second single in the game, a line drive to rightfield. This time, Gregorius was left behind, as two flyouts followed.

In the fifth inning, the Yankees rallied for four runs. Chase Headley led off with a walk and then Brian McCann homered. Next, Mark Teixeira doubled and his pinch-runner Tyler Austin then moved to third base on a grounder by Jones. Another grounder followed for the second out, but then Austin scored on a single by Chris Young. Hereafter, pitcher James Russell was relieved by Arodys Vizcaino, but he was greeted with a runscoring triple by Gregorius on his first delivery. With that, the Yankees took a 7-0 lead.

In the bottom of the fifth, Gregorius was replaced by Cole Figueroa, who took over as short stop.

In the sixth inning of this game, Atlanta-catcher A.J. Pierzynski was ejected by veteran home plate umpire Joe West for arguing on balls and strikes.

Gregorius has now played in 10 games and is hitting .273 (6-for-22), including a double and two triples. He scored three runs and batted in four.

(March 19)




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