Yankees' Luis Gil faces hitters for 1st time since straining lat

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NEW YORK -- Luis Gil faced hitters for the first time since straining his right lat in spring training, throwing about 20 pitches in a session New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone described on Saturday as "free and easy."

About two hours before the Yankees continued their three-game series with Baltimore, Gil notched four strikeouts -- three swinging. Since several of the backups who would take part in live sessions were in the lineup, Gil threw to bullpen catcher Peter Serruto and information coordinator Ryan McLaughlin.

"I felt it looked really good," Boone said. "I think he was 95, 96. It looked every bit of that, looked like it. Just the metrics on the four-seam were…