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Yankees bats awaken to defeat Braves

ATLANTA - Maybe Joe Girardi is the problem.

As soon as he was tossed from last night's game with one out in the top of the sixth inning, a point where the Yankees had yet to even tally a hit against the Braves, the bats that Girardi has been awaiting for almost two weeks started cranking.

And Girardi? He was in the clubhouse, not stationed in the dugout.

The Yankees scored three...

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