BALTIMORE -- New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, who feared Sunday that his bruised knee was much more serious, still likely will be out several games, including a key series
Jeter, hitting .398 in August, the second-highest batting average in the major leagues, hobbled out of the Yankees' clubhouse late Sunday night. X-rays on his right knee were negative, but the Yankees believe that he'll miss several games.
Jeter suffered the injury when he fouled a ball off his right knee in the third inning of the opening game of the Yankees' doubleheader against the Baltimore Orioles. He planned to play in the second game, but after icing his knee, it began to swell. He worried that it was serious, and looked pale when he went in for X-rays, only to be relieved there was no broken bone.
"It was really bizarre, to be quite honest with you," said Jeter, who became the Yankees' all-time leader in games played (2,402) in the first game of the doubleheader, passing Mickey Mantle. "After we iced it is when it swelled up. It just blew up between games. It became a challenge."
The Yankees say that Jeter will miss tonight's series finale against the Orioles, and hope to get him back at some point during the three-game Red Sox series beginning Tuesday at Fenway Park in Boston. The Yankees trail the Red Sox by two games in the AL East.
"He's gimping around pretty good," Joe Girardi said. "After the game, once the adrenaline was gone, it got really sore. I don't know if we'll have him (Monday night), but he's day to day."
The Yankees also are expected to be without cleanup hitter Alex Rodriguez, who's bothered by a sore left thumb. He aggravated the injury from a week ago while diving for a ball at third base in Minnesota, sidelining him for the second game of the doubleheader. The injury has worsened the last few days, Girardi said.
"If they can play, they can play," Girardi said. "My sense is, from watching both of them, they're not going to be able to. It is somewhat of a concern.''
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Jeter, hitting .398 in August, the second-highest batting average in the major leagues, hobbled out of the Yankees' clubhouse late Sunday night. X-rays on his right knee were negative, but the Yankees believe that he'll miss several games.
Jeter suffered the injury when he fouled a ball off his right knee in the third inning of the opening game of the Yankees' doubleheader against the Baltimore Orioles. He planned to play in the second game, but after icing his knee, it began to swell. He worried that it was serious, and looked pale when he went in for X-rays, only to be relieved there was no broken bone.
"It was really bizarre, to be quite honest with you," said Jeter, who became the Yankees' all-time leader in games played (2,402) in the first game of the doubleheader, passing Mickey Mantle. "After we iced it is when it swelled up. It just blew up between games. It became a challenge."
The Yankees say that Jeter will miss tonight's series finale against the Orioles, and hope to get him back at some point during the three-game Red Sox series beginning Tuesday at Fenway Park in Boston. The Yankees trail the Red Sox by two games in the AL East.
"He's gimping around pretty good," Joe Girardi said. "After the game, once the adrenaline was gone, it got really sore. I don't know if we'll have him (Monday night), but he's day to day."
The Yankees also are expected to be without cleanup hitter Alex Rodriguez, who's bothered by a sore left thumb. He aggravated the injury from a week ago while diving for a ball at third base in Minnesota, sidelining him for the second game of the doubleheader. The injury has worsened the last few days, Girardi said.
"If they can play, they can play," Girardi said. "My sense is, from watching both of them, they're not going to be able to. It is somewhat of a concern.''
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