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“#Yankees’ Jordan Montgomery throw five no-hit innings<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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DUNEDIN, Fla.- After Jordan Montgomery tossed five no-hit innings in his Grapefruit League start against Toronto, the left-hander sounded just about ready to start the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt gives me a lot of confidence,\u2019\u2019 Montgomery said of his 66-pitch outing in a 1-0 win at TD Ballpark. \u201cThat was their lineup. They have a lot of good hitters up and down it and I felt pretty in-control the whole outing. I felt comfortable throwing everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the key for the left-hander, who said it\u2019s only this spring that he\u2019s completely gotten over the effects of 2018 Tommy John surgery.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s refined his mechanics and has \u201ca little more faith in my arm, so I can kind of whip it through. I\u2019m not tensing up. It gets to a point where you\u2019re back to normal and you just go through your delivery and throw the ball. I think I\u2019m starting to get back there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Montgomery walked one and hit a batter, while striking out four.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think the point with [Montgomery] is going back to last year and this [spring] is a better, more powerful fastball,\u2019\u2019 Aaron Boone said before the game<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s a tick up now from a velo standpoint. His two-seam [fastball] is still very much in play.\u201d<\/p>\n

And if he can continue to refine the use of his fastball, the better his curveball and changeup will play.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is how I want to pitch,\u2019\u2019 Montgomery said. \u201cI hold myself to high expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n

After being scratched from Tuesday\u2019s game with soreness in his side, Kyle Higashioka was feeling better Wednesday, Boone said. The catcher is scheduled to return to the lineup on Saturday night. \u201cWe\u2019ll see where we\u2019re at the next few days,\u2019\u2019 Boone said.<\/p>\n

Higashioka didn\u2019t do any baseball activities Tuesday, but was able to work in the gym, in addition to getting treatment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Miguel Andujar, out with a muscle strain in his right hand, is \u201cdoing better,\u201d but hasn\u2019t resumed hitting, according to Boone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know there was some improvement from a symptom standpoint [Wednesday],\u2019\u2019 Boone said. \u201cHe\u2019s still getting treatment. He was getting ground balls [Tuesday] and the needle is moving, but nothing imminent as far as playing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

DJ LeMahieu started at third base and snared a liner from Teoscar Hernandez in the second, but made a throwing error on a Lourdes Gurriel Jr. grournder later in the inning that Jay Bruce couldn\u2019t scoop at first.\u00a0<\/p>\n