Yesterday, in their fourth Spring Training game, the New York Yankees lost to the Toronto Blue Jays.
Brett Gardner started in left field.
In his first plate appearance, Gardner hit a hard ground ball to Lyle Overbay at first base for Toronto. The ball was hit so hard and so directly at Overbay that he was able to turn it into a tricky 3-6-1 double play even with the incredibly fast Gardner running to first.
In his only other time to the plate, Gardner showed great patience and worked a walk.
In the field, Gardner made one very good play when a ball was sliced down the left field line and struck the wall thus being re-directed out into the playing field.
Gardner played the ball perfectly, got to it very quickly and threw a perfect strike to second base.
The runner had no chance of advanci ...
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Article written by Perry Arnold
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