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Spring Training Game #22: New York Yankees @ Pittsburgh Pirates

Posted on March 17, 2013 at 05:19 PM.

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Alvarez Shows Signs of Life at Plate in Bucs' Loss

New York Yankees at Pittsburgh Pirates
Mar 17, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (9-14)	3	1	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	11	10	0
Pittsburgh (9-13)	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	4	9	12	2
W: Nova (1-0, 3.21) L: Irwin (0-1, 6.97) S: Whitley

BRADENTON, Fla. -- Melky Mesa smoked a grand slam and Kevin Youkilis added three RBIs on Sunday as the Yankees downed the Pirates, 11-9, in Grapefruit League play.

A McKechnie Field-record crowd of 8,541 saw Ivan Nova (1-0) scatter six hits over five innings for the Yankees (9-14).

Youkillis drilled his third spring homer with a man on in the first, and doubled home a run in the second. Both blows came off Pirates starter Phil Irwin (0-1).

Irwin walked the first two men he faced in the third. Mike Zagurski relieved him with one out and also walked Dan Johnson to load the green-colored bases for Mesa, who unloaded them with a shot into the left-center bleachers.

The Pirates (9-13) broke through in the fourth on RBI doubles by Pedro Alvarez and Gaby Sanchez, with Travis Snider adding a sacrifice fly later in the inning to make it 8-3.

Alvarez went 2-for-2, with two doubles and a walk to raise his spring average to .172.

Clint Barmes added a solo homer, his second, in the fifth.

Up next: James McDonald hopes for a carryover from his last start -- he retired 14 of the last 17 Blue Jays he faced on Wednesday -- when he faces the Red Sox at McKechnie Field on Monday at 1:05 p.m. ET.