--OF Johnny Damon tied a team record Thursday when he doubled in the first inning of the Yankees' 3-2 win over the Blue Jays. Damon has at least one extra-base hit in 10 consecutive games, matching Don Mattingly (1987) and Paul O'Neill (2001) for the longest such streak in Yankees history.
--RHP Mariano Rivera threw a perfect ninth inning Thursday to record the save in the Yankees' 3-2 win over the Blue Jays. It was just Rivera's second appearance since May 7, when he gave up home runs to consecutive batters for the first time in his 15-year career. --RHP Chien-Ming Wang will make another rehab start for Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Sunday. Wang, who is on the disabled list with hip weakness, tossed six shutout innings Tuesday in his first start for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
BY THE NUMBERS: 2 -- Catchers the Yankees placed on the disabled list in a three-day span in the second week of May.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I needed to look in the mirror and grow up." -- Alex Rodriguez, after his return to the Yankees on May 8 following hip surgery and a tumultuous period of off-the-field headlines.
