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Mired in HR drought, Tex refining lefty swing
- Updated: May 19, 2016
PHOENIX — As he tries to snap the longest home run drought of his career, Mark Teixeira said that he is working on his left-handed stroke, hoping that will allow him to get back to hitting the ball with authority.
Teixeira went 0-for-5 with three strikeouts in the Yankees’ 4-2 victory over the D-backs on Wednesday at Chase Field. He has now gone a career-high 108 at-bats without a home run, last clearing an outfield fence on April 13 at Toronto.
“I’m just not driving the ball left-handed. I’m off just enough,” Teixeira said. “All it takes is to be off a little bit. Too many ground balls. That’s something I’m just trying to work on.”
The Yankees saw a healthy diet of left-handed pitching early in the season, which helped Teixeira get his right-handed swing going; he’s slashing .306/.404/.388 from that side. He is hitting just .148 (12-for-81) as a lefty this year, which historically has been his more productive side.
“That’s surprising. …
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