TAMPA, Fla. – The lumber may not have been ready for prime time, but it seems like Giancarlo Stanton's swing is.

Stanton homered twice, including a broken-bat blast over the left-field fence, as the Yankees outslugged the Phillies for a 6-3 victory on Friday evening at George M. Steinbrenner Field.

"I was like, 'I thought I put a good swing on it?'" Stanton said. "It shouldn't have been a broken bat, but I think I was just out in front and off the end a little bit. I had some good [broken-bat homers] in the Minor Leagues, with those pro-stock bats. But not in the big leagues."

Stanton's first homer came in the third inning off Philadelphia starter Jerad Eickhoff, as the slugger mashed a hanging curveball over the party deck in left field. The second shot was slugged off a fastball from reliever Victor Arano, giving Stanton four homers this spring.

"Man, only 'G' can hit those two balls," manager Aaron Boone said. "Somehow that [first] one stayed fair and then he breaks his bat and hits the second home run. I noticed in [batting practice], I thought his BP was really, really good. I usually don't say much to 'G', but I even swung by and said, 'Looks really good.'"

As he prepares for his second season in pinstripes, Stanton has enjoyed a lower profile this spring, spending hours grinding in the batting cages out of public view. In 15 Grapefruit League games, Stanton has batted .342 (13-for-38) with two doubles and eight RBIs.

He said that his swing is in a better place than it was last year, when he hit .266/.343/.509 with 38 homers and 100 RBIs.

"I feel better now leaving spring than I did leaving spring last year," Stanton said. "Just finding a groove, finding a rhythm. You build off of this. You re-enact the muscle memory and how you feel from these last couple of days and bring it into the season."