KISSIMMEE, Fla. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Ivan Nova pitched six innings and reliever Andrew Miller left the game after being struck on the right arm by a line drive in the New York Yankees’ 2-0 win Wednesday over the Atlanta Braves.
Nova, bidding for the fifth spot in the Yankees rotation, matched the Braves’ Julio Teheran through five innings. The right-hander gave up two hits and struck out two in his sixth spring start.
Teheran, who will pitch the Braves’ regular-season opener against the Washington Nationals, gave up four hits and struck out two.
Back-to-back triples by Dustin Fowler and Billy Fleming and a single by Austin Romine off Braves reliever Alexi Ogando accounted for the Yankee runs in the eighth.