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Teixeira goes deep in return to Yanks’ lineup
- Updated: July 21, 2016
NEW YORK — Having missed three games after fouling a ball off his left foot Saturday afternoon, Mark Teixeira was back in the Yankees’ lineup against the Orioles on Wednesday night, playing first base and hitting fifth. He clubbed a solo home run, his eighth of the season, in his second at-bat to give the Yanks a 2-0 lead.
Teixeira, who was hitting .186 heading into Wednesday’s game, is still nursing the knee injury that kept him on the disabled list for most of June — and he continues to feel pressure to break out of his hitting slump in what he has described as a “terrible” season.
“The only thing I can do the last two months is try to get healthy and be hot,” Teixeira said before the game. “I live off my hot streaks, and I haven’t had one yet this year. Hopefully I can stay on the field, that’s the …
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