Brian Roberts admitted after Tuesday night's game against the Los Angeles Angels that replacing Robinson Cano at second base for the New York Yankees has weighed on him.

Roberts hit the go-ahead home run in Tuesday's game.

"Certainly," he said, "when you go to New York, and you're filling in for somebody that played as well as Robby did, I think it's human nature to probably try a little bit too hard at times. But I'd rather try too hard than not try at all."

Nobody expected Roberts to replace Cano's production. He signed a 10-year, $240 million with the Seattle Mariners.

"I think it was more self-inflicted than anything," Roberts said. "You try hard, I think. I've always said it's got to be hard for guys to switch teams all the time. I was always so comfortable. It was kind of like riding a bike every year. You know everybody's face, everybody's name in the locker room. Walking into the locker room, (you knew) everybody that worked there. I mean, you know, when you're doing something new for the first time, it's something different."