LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Braves ace Julio Teheran prepared for his third consecutive Opening Day start in impressive fashion and Yankees reliever Andrew Miller exited with a bruised right wrist as New York beat Atlanta, 2-0, at Champion Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. Ivan Nova, bidding for a spot in the Yanks' rotation, went six scoreless innings.
Dustin Fowler and Billy Fleming greeted Alexi Ogando with consecutive triples to begin a two-run eighth inning that proved decisive for the Yankees.
Miller, who stands as one the key members of the Yankees' vaunted bullpen, dropped his glove and walked immediately toward the dugout after he was struck on the right arm by a Willians Astudillo line-drive comebacker to begin the bottom of the seventh inning.