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NEW YORK -- Having lost his everyday designated hitter job due to a season-long slump, Alex Rodriguez was back at first base taking ground balls before the New York Yankees opened the second half against Boston on Friday night.Rodriguez, who turns 41 on July 27, has not been in the field this year. He had two appearances at first last season, playing the entire game April 11 against Boston and moving there for the final three outs of a blowout loss to Texas on May 23.Last year we were not able to get him comfortable. He wants to try it again, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. He came to us, and Im not going to deny a player a chance, in that sense, so the fact that he wants to try to get comfortable is a good sign.Rodriguez is hitting .220 with eight homers and 28 RBI in 186 at-bats, including .198 with five homers and 17 RBI in 126 at-bats against righties. A-Rods start Friday night against All-Star knuckleballer Steven Wright was just his second since June 30.I think its a mental test for him, in a sense, Girardi said. Physically I think he has the skills. He has the hands. He has the ability to throw. He understands the game. So I think its more of a mental: Do I feel comfortable enough to go out there at first base?Girardi would like more options at first. Mark Teixeira, Dustin Ackley, Greg Bird and Chris Parmelee have all spent time on the disabled list. While back, Teixeira is limited by his right knee.Four days has been about his limit. He gets fairly sore, Girardi said.Girardi also disclosed slumping Nathan Eovaldi will rejoin the rotation Tuesday against Baltimore, a day after Ivan Nova starts the series opener. New York began the second half at 44-44, 5 1/2 games back for the ALs second wild card.Only four Yankees had outstanding first halves: right fielder Carlos Beltran, and relievers Dellin Betances, Andrew Miller and Aroldis Chapman.Consistency is the word thats going to ring out loud here, Girardi said. Thats how you put long streaks together where you win six out of seven, you win 14 out of 17, if your starting pitching is consistent. Our offense has to be consistent, where we put up runs on a consistent basis. And the other thing I think is really important is the bullpen besides the last three guys.The 10-game homestand, which ends with three games against San Francisco, likely will determine whether the Yankees start to deal veterans before the Aug. 1 trade deadline.Yeah, I think its fair to say that, Girardi acknowledged. I think that we have to make up ground or win games, or were going to be in a pretty tough position. Tim Hardaway Jersey . 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As the crowd erupted, Davis knocked the ball off the glass and back into his hands. With 1:14 to go in overtime, Davis sixth block also became his 17th rebound. That, along with his 32 points -- which tied a career high -- proved too much for Denver to overcome, and the Pelicans held on for their third straight victory, 111-107 on Sunday night. Josh Gordon should see his first preseason action Friday night when the Cleveland Browns visit the?Tampa Bay BuccaneersBrowns coach Hue Jackson made it clear without explicitly stating that Gordon and first-round draft pick Corey Coleman will play in a game for the first time. This means the Browns will see their top receiving trio of Gordon, Coleman and Terrelle Pryor catching passes from quarterback?Robert Griffin III for the first time as well.That sounds good, Jackson told the media in Tampa after the Browns second day of practice with the Bucs. That sounds really good. Im looking forward to that. ... I think we have a good chance for that to happen.After an impressive first two weeks of practice, Coleman missed the first two games of the preseason with a strained hamstring. He was active in practices in Tampa and said there are no lingering hamstring issues.We took it slow easing me back in, but now Im full speed, full go, Coleman said.Gordon missed the first two weeks with a quad injury, and Jackson has eased him in slowly. This week, though, Gordon got starters reps as Jackson said he needed to see him before preseason ended.ddddddddddddordon is suspended the first four games of the season, so Jackson wants the best impression of him he can get now so that when the season starts he can step right in.Josh if you look at him, hes a physical specimen, Griffin said. Its fun to see him go out there, a man that big, that strong, that fast, and play wide receiver. So ... its incredible.Gordon led the NFL in receiving yards in 2013, Coleman is a highly touted first-round pick and Pryor has emerged with what Jackson has called an excellent camp and preseason.Weve got a lot of talent on the field, Coleman said. Its kind of scary. So many guys can do different things. Im just excited to see where were going to go.Griffin, who had a good second game after a mediocre first, said he simply needs to get the ball to the right guy based on the coverage read for the play thats called.Theres a lot of fish in the tank, and its up to us to feed them the right way, Griffin said. ' ' '