WATCH: Yankees' Aaron Boone admits Greg Bird could lose playing time to Luke Voit

by Felix Pantaleon

Yankees manager Aaron Boone comments on Luke Voit having a breakout two-homer game on Friday night playing first base instead of slumping starter Greg Bird in a 7-5, 10-inning win in Baltimore.

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BALTIMORE — Is Yankees‘ season-long slumper Greg Bird on the verge of losing his starting first base job to Friday night hero Luke Voit?

We’ll see.

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One great night won’t do it, but Voit certainly earned more chances while being a hero of the Yankees’ series-opening 7-5, 10-inning win over the Baltimore Orioles.

Watch our post-game video from Yankees manager Aaron Boone above and you’ll get a feel for the excitement he had seeing Voit have a breakout game.

Starting because Bird’s season average dropped to .202 with his 0-for-10 this week in two games in Miami, Voit was 3-for-5 with two homers and four RBI hitting in the seven hole.

Voit hit a game-tying, two-run homer in the fourth inning off Orioles starter Alex Cobb, then added another two-run blast in the 10th off reliever Cody Carroll after the Yankees had pulled ahead on a Neil Walker solo shot.

The four-RBI night was the best night of Voit’s young career, as the 27-year-old had just five homers in 77 games over two seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals (2017-18) and Yankees heading into the weekend.

“It’s awesome,” Voit said. “It’s nice to finally get some at-bats and everything felt great. It was fun and exciting with Walker hitting that (homer) to go ahead and me doing that too, it makes baseball so fun. I’m having a great time with these guys.”

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