Spring training: Braves vs. Yankees

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Spring training: Braves vs. Yankees

Spring exhibition baseball game pits Atlanta Braves against the New York Yankees in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014.

Atlanta Braves center fielder B.J. Upton and right fielder Jason Heyward take a break in the outfield while waiting out a pitching change in the fifth inning of the Braves 7-4 loss to the New York Yankees in a spring exhibition baseball game in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

New York Yankees second baseman Ali Castillo, center, reacts as Atlanta Braves' Jason Heyward, left, gets up after second base umpire Greg Gibson, right, ruled Heyward was safe sliding into second on a fifth-inning double in a spring exhibition baseball game in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

New York Yankees Ramon Flores scores on Mason Williams sacrifice fly as he slides past Atlanta Braves catcher Christian Bethancourt (58) in the fifth inning of a spring exhibition baseball game in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014. Bethancourt lost control of the ball in the play. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

New York Yankees' Ramon Flores, left, scores as he slides past Atlanta Braves catcher Christian Bethancourt (58) in the fifth inning of a spring exhibition baseball game in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014. Bethancourt lost control of the ball in the play. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Atlanta Braves' B.J. Upton hits a fifth-inning RBI-single off Atlanta Braves relief pitcher Atahualpa Severino in a spring exhibition baseball game in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Atlanta Braves' B.J. Upton (2) is safe on a first-inning stolen base as New York Yankees shortstop Eduardo Nunez (26) swipes him with a late tag in a spring exhibition baseball game in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014. The Yankees defeated the Braves 7-4. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Atlanta Braves B.J. Upton (2) is safe on a first-inning stolen base as New York Yankees shortstop Eduardo Nunez (26) swipes him with a late tag in a spring exhibition baseball game in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014. The Yankees defeated the Braves 7-4. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

New York Yankees Eduardo Nunez, bottom, steals second as the ball bounces short of Atlanta Braves shortstop Andrelton Simmons in the first inning of a spring exhibition baseball game in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Atlanta Braves catcher Ryan Doumit (4) receives a ball after he was injured in the second inning a spring exhibition baseball game against the New York Yankees in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014. Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman (5) was also injured. Both players left the game. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Julio Teheran (49) bounces the ball up while waiting on an injury timeout in the second inning of a spring exhibition baseball game in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014. Braves catcher Ryan Doumit and Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman left the game with injuries. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Home plate umpire Seth Buckminster, left, and Atlanta Braves catcher Christian Bethancourt, center, watch New York Yankees' Brian McCann's fifth-inning two-run double in a spring exhibition baseball game in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Atlanta Braves relief pitcher Atahualpa Severino reacts after allowing two runs in the fifth inning of a spring exhibition baseball game against the New York Yankees in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014. Severino was the losing pitcher in the Braves 7-4 loss to the Yankees. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Julio Teheran delivers in the fourth inning of a spring exhibition baseball game in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014. Teheran allowed one run on five hits with five strikeouts in the Braves 7-4 loss to the New York Yankees. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Atlanta Braves relief pitcher Atahualpa Severino (80) reacts after allowing two runs in the fifth inning of a spring exhibition baseball game against the New York Yankees in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014. Severino was the losing pitcher in the Braves 7-4 loss to the Yankees. He allowed five runs on three hits and walked two batters in a third of an inning. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Atlanta Braves' Jason Heyward, (22) and New York Yankees second baseman Ali Castillo (77) look for the call from second base umpire Greg Gibson, right, on Heyward's fifth-inning double in a spring exhibition baseball game in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Atlanta Braves right fielder Jason Heyward relays the ball on New York Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki's first-inning double in a spring exhibition baseball game in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

New York Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki hits a second-inning single off Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Julio Teheran in a spring exhibition baseball game in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Julio Teheran winds up in the first inning of a spring exhibition baseball game against the New York Yankees in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

New York Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka (19) fields Atlanta Braves' Jason Heyward's first-inning infield ground ball single in a spring exhibition baseball game in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

New York Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka delivers in the first inning against the Atlanta Braves in a spring exhibition baseball game in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira makes a sliding catch of Atlanta Braves' Dan Uggla's second-inning pop flyout in foul territory in a spring exhibition baseball game in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

New York Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki hits a second-inning single off Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Julio Teheran in a spring exhibition baseball game in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Atlanta Braves Freddie Freeman takes batting practice before a spring exhibition baseball game against the New York Yankees in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Atlanta Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez throws a before a spring exhibition baseball game in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Atlanta Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez throws before a spring exhibition baseball game against the New York Yankees, in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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Atlanta Braves center fielder B.J. Upton and right fielder Jason Heyward take a break in the outfield while waiting out a pitching change in the fifth inning of the Braves 7-4 loss to the New York Yankees in a spring exhibition baseball game in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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