Kissimmee FL Masahiro Tanaka pitched 5 solid innings of 2 hit 1 run ball Luke Voit slammed a solo home run while Aaron Judge knocked in two runs with a 2-run triple as the New York Yankees defeated the Atlanta Braves 7 to 4 at Champion Stadium in front of Atlanta Braves spring training home crowd of 10,750 paid attendance.
Tanaka pitched well cruised right along with little trouble walking 2 and striking out 7 Braves batters. Tanaka raised his spring record to 2 -0 with a 3.00 era
Atlanta Braves Bryse Wilson started the game going 4 innings 5 hits 3 runs earned walking 1 striking out 4 strikeouts took the loss dropping to 2-2 3.29 era
The Yankees accumulated 10 hit with no errors while the Braves recorded 9 hits and 1 error. In addition to Voit and Judge Austin Romine led the Yankees in hits going 3 for 4 with 2 rbi's to help the Yankees winning effort.
Daniel Alvarez the 5th of 5 Yankee pitchers pitched a scoreless 9th inning giving up 1 hit while striking out 2 got credit for the save his first of the year. The Yankees raised their record to 14-6 good for first place in Florida's Grapefruit League. MLB Box Score
The Yankees will host the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday, March 19th at 1:05 PM EST.
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