--SS Derek Jeter returned to the starting lineup Thursday after missing two games with a sore oblique muscle and had the game-tying RBI single in the seventh inning of the Yankees' 3-2 win over the Blue Jays. Prior to the injury, Jeter had played in the Yankees' first 31 games. The only Yankee who has yet to miss a game is 2B Robinson Cano.
--DH Hideki Matsui, who exited the series opener against Toronto on Tuesday after one at-bat with a tight right hamstring, returned to the starting lineup Thursday and hit the game-winning homer in the Yankees' 3-2 victory over the Blue Jays. Matsui entered the game Thursday with no hits in his last 11 at-bats. --LHP Phil Coke, who missed the first two games of the series against Toronto with a sore back, wasn't available Thursday.
MEDICAL WATCH:
LHP Phil Coke (sore back) was unavailable May 12-14. He is day-to-day.
SS Derek Jeter (sore right oblique) did not play May 12-13. He was back in the lineup May 14.
DH Hideki Matsui (right hamstring tightness) left the May 12 game, and he did not play May 13. He was back in the lineup May 14. He won't play in the field before June after having left knee surgery in September 2008.
RHP Joba Chamberlain (burst blood vessel in right thumb) was hurt May 9, but he started May 10.
C Jose Molina (strained left quadriceps) went on the 15-day disabled list May 8.
C Jorge Posada (strained right hamstring) went on the 15-day disabled list May 5.
LHP Damaso Marte (left shoulder soreness) went on the 15-day disabled list May 3.
RHP Brian Bruney (sore right elbow) went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to April 22. He is unlikely to return before late May.
RHP Chien-Ming Wang (hip weakness) went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to April 19 with an ailment connected to the season-ending Lisfranc foot injury he suffered last year. He pitched May 2 in extended spring training. He began a rehab assignment with Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on May 12.
3B Cody Ransom (right quadriceps tear) went on the 60-day disabled list April 26.
OF Xavier Nady (sore right elbow) went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to April 15. He will try to rehab the injury without surgery.
ROTATION:
LHP CC Sabathia
RHP A.J. Burnett
LHP Andy Pettitte
RHP Joba Chamberlain
RHP Phil Hughes
BULLPEN:
RHP Mariano Rivera (closer)
LHP Phil Coke
RHP Edwar Ramirez
RHP Jose Veras
RHP Jonathan Albaladejo
RHP Brett Tomko
RHP Alfredo Aceves
CATCHERS:
Francisco Cervelli
Kevin Cash
INFIELDERS:
1B Mark Teixeira
2B Robinson Cano
SS Derek Jeter
3B Angel Berroa
INF Ramiro Pena
OUTFIELDERS:
LF Johnny Damon
CF Brett Gardner
RF Nick Swisher
DH Hideki Matsui
OF Melky Cabrera
