--1B Mark Teixeira's left wrist was brushed by Minnesota CF Carlos Gomez on Friday on a close play at first -- a collision that led to words being exchanged by the players and their managers but didn't lead to further injury, manager Joe Girardi said after the game. Teixeira has battled wrist problems and sniped at Gomez after the player ran into him. Girardi and Twins manager Ron Gardenhire later exchanged words as well. "Ron came out, he started yelling at my player and I hadn't said anything to his player and that I didn't necessarily care for," said Girardi, who added he respects Gardenhire as a manager. "I hope (Teixeira's wrist) is fine and it wasn't just the adrenaline, but I think he's OK."
--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.
