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But after stroking a single and a two-run double in New York’s 9-2 victory over the Indians, Jeter sits just four hits from Authentic Michael Young Jersey becoming the 28th member of baseball’s Giants Cody Ross Jersey 3,000-hit club.
Four hits? That’s a little bit more of a manageable number, and so Jeter is free to begin fantasizing. From here on out, any given day feels close enough for history.
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Jeter’s second at-bat produced a louder and more convincing knock, Michael Young Jersey as the 37-year-old ripped Rangers Nelson Cruz Jersey a scorching line Giants Buster Posey Jersey drive over Grady Sizemore’s head in center field for a two-run double.
Jeter struck out looking in the third, Rangers Lan Kinsler Jersey flied out in the fifth and grounded out in the Authentic Nelson Cruz Jersey seventh and ninth innings. The hits were Jeter’s first since he was activated from the disabled list on Monday, when he took an 0-for-4 collar in a series-opening loss to the Indians.
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Manager Joe Girardi said that he had been encouraged by Jeter’s hard lineout to shortstop in his final at-bat on Monday, considering the shortstop’s three-week layoff due to a strained right calf.
“You expect him to be a little rusty,” Girardi said. “I don’t think it’ll take him long to get back to where he was. I thought he swung the bat pretty good [Tuesday].”
The Yankees complete their series at Progressive Field with a Wednesday evening game, and though Jeter is 5-for-12 against Cleveland starter Justin Masterson in his career, there are no guarantees that he will be in the lineup.
Girardi said that since Jeter has Authentic Lan Kinsler Jersey played four straight days, including his Minor League rehabilitation games at Double-A Trenton, the manager is heavily considering the idea of giving Jeter Authentic Cody Ross Jersey Wednesday off.
