NEW YORK — Jorge Posada was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a strained right hamstring that is expected to sideline the Yankees’ all-star catcher for two to three weeks.
Posada was off to an excellent start, batting .312 with five homers and a team-leading 20 RBIs. The Yankees recalled catcher Francisco Cervelli from Double-A Trenton (N.J.).
Ankiel leaves hospital
ST. LOUIS — Cardinals outfielder Rick Ankiel, who barreled headfirst into the outfield wall during Monday’s loss to the Phillies, was released from the hospital after X-rays and a CT scan of his head, neck and back revealed no broken bones. The team postponed a decision whether to place him on the 15-day DL.
“It’s worth waiting a couple of days because there wasn’t anything broken,” manager Tony La Russa said. “Just in case he can go.”
Footnotes.
Phillies second baseman Chase Utley was not in the lineup because of a bone bruise in his right foot from getting hit by a pitch last week.
• Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis was out of the starting lineup because of tightness in his left side, and center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury left in the fourth inning of Boston’s game against the Yankees because of a tight right hamstring.
• Mariners outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. is day to day because of a bout with diverticulitis, a colon condition that was initially diagnosed in late 2006.
• Pirates closer Matt Capps expects to be sidelined until this weekend because of irritation in his right elbow.
• The Tigers placed outfielder Carlos Guillen on the 15-day DL with shoulder and Achilles tendon injuries and optioned left-hander Clay Rapada to Triple-A Toledo (Ohio).
• Astros right-hander Roy Oswalt left his start against Washington in the sixth inning after bruising the index finger of his pitching hand.
The Associated Press
