The New York Yankees started the season with two road series against their biggest rivals in the American League East.
They won both series, after dropping the first game in each series, and opened at home yesterday with a 4-2 record.
Brett Gardner was key in some of the Yankee wins in this first road trip of the year. But in the finale Sunday afternoon in Tampa Bay, Gardner failed to get on base for the first time this season.
Gardner went 0-for-4 with one strikeout, while hitting ninth in the lineup.
With the start against Tampa Bay, Gardner had started four of the six games the Yankees have played.
He got into the one game against Boston that he did not start, played a pivotal role as he drew a walk, and then annoyed Jonathon Papelbon before stealing second.
In yesterday's hom ...
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Article written by Perry Arnold
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