Bird, Holliday dingers fuel red-hot Yankees
TAMPA, Fla. -- Matthew Holliday, Greg Bird and Billy McKinney homered as the Yankees rolled to their seventh Grapefruit League victory in eight contests, defeating a split-squad Orioles lineup, 8-1, on Thursday night at George M. Steinbrenner Field.Holliday hit a second-inning solo shot off Baltimore starter Tyler Wilson, and Bird
TAMPA, Fla. --
Holliday hit a second-inning solo shot off Baltimore starter Tyler Wilson, and Bird launched a two-run shot -- his third of the exhibition season -- facing
"It's looked really good," said Yankees manager Joe Girardi. "I know it's only a week, but balls are jumping off bats, guys are moving runners over, getting them in. Everyone is contributing. Guys are getting on base, big guys are hitting home runs. A lot of loud noises for the first week of Spring Training."
"I felt really good today, using all my pitches," Warren said. "I felt like all of them were quality offspeed offerings. The home run was a two-seamer, a pitch I've been toying around with to righties. It leaked over the plate, and that's something I've got to learn with that. I've had some good results as well."
Holliday's homer was the only blemish in three innings against Wilson, who walked none and struck out two. Wilson threw 25 of 38 pitches for strikes.
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Bryan Hoch has covered the Yankees for MLB.com since 2007. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and on Facebook.