At Tampa, New York Yankees played at home against Baltimore Orioles and won 9-4.
Leading 6-4 after seven innings, the Yankees took more distance by adding three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Didi Gregorius played a complete game for New York as short stop and was 1-for-4, which was a double.
He batted in two runs.
Jonathan Schoop started as second baseman for Baltimore and was 1-for-2.
His lone basehit was his sixth Spring Training-homerun.
He scored twice and batted in one run, while also walking once.
Schoop and Gregorius were both productive in the first at bat.
With two outs in the top of the first inning, Schoop homered off of starter Luis Cessa to put Baltimore ahead.
That was shortlived, as it was Gregorius who put New York ahead moments later in the bottom of the first inning off of starter Miguel Castro.
With one out, Aaron Judge walked and with two outs, Giancarlo Stanton singled.
The bases got loaded when Gary Sanchez walked, then Gregorius delivered a 2-run double to make it a 2-1 score in favor of New York.
New York added three more runs in the second inning.
The inning ended when Gregorius flied out.
In the top of the fourth inning, Baltimore got two runs back.
Trey Mancini led off with a double, then Schoop walked.
With one out, Mancini scored on a sacrifice fly by Danny Valencia, then Schoop scored on a following single by Austin Hays.
Gregorius popped out in the fifth inning and Schoop flied out, leading off the sixth inning.
In the bottom of the seventh, Schoop was replaced by new catcher Andrew Susac, while Adrian Marin entered as new second baseman.
In the seventh, Gregorius led off for New York, but struckout in what was his last at bat in this game.
In the eighth inning, New York added three more runs when Aaron Judge hit his second homerun in the game.
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