Yankees’ Jasson Dominguez shows off improvements from right-side as part of monster day
· Yahoo Sports
Jasson Dominguez hadn’t made much of an impact in his return to the Yankees, but the youngster finally broke through in Sunday's win over the Orioles.
Dominguez came into the day with just two hits over his first 13 at-bats on the season.
Visit moryak.biz for more information.
He grounded out in his first two plate appearances of the day, then was able to do damage in each of his next three.
The switch-hitting slugger doubled leading off the bottom of the sixth in a 3-3 ballgame, and scored the go-ahead run just two batters later on Ryan McMahon’s RBI single.
Dominguez helped pad onto that slim advantage two innings later, as he stepped up from the left-side of the plate and crushed a two-run homer to right-center.
He received another AB in the inning after the Yanks batted around, and came through again, this time delivering an RBI double from the right-side of the plate.
The 23-year-old finished the much-needed big day 3-for-5 with all three of his hits going for extra-bases, three runs driven in, and a pair of runs scored.
“When you have a game like that and help the team win, it’s awesome,” he said.
Perhaps the most encouraging part of Dominguez’s day was the fact that two of his three hits came from the right-side, which is an area of his game he’s been working to improve.
He hit just .204 with six XBH’s as a righty all of last season, but showed tremendous progress to begin this year in the minors, and thus far has carried that over to the majors.
“I’ve been working for a long time on the right-side, so I’m glad it’s showing off,” he said.
“As I’ve always said, it’s his natural side,” Aaron Boone added. “When you see him hit and take BP, you can see it’s not an unnatural move -- I’ve always said it’s about reps, it’s about experience, but it’s good to see.”