Update: Pena on Yankees' roster for Melky
PHILADELPHIA -- Joe Girardi has confirmed Brett Gardner will start in center field tonight batting seventh and Jose Molina will catch A.J. Burnett and bat eight. Melky Cabrera is expected to be out for the rest of the series with what's rumored to be a hamstring tear although Girardi called it a strain.
"We're in the process of talking with Major League Baseball," Girardi said. "Something will be determined later. That's about all I'm able to share at this point. But he's very limited."
6 p.m. update: MLB has approved the Yankees' substitution of IF Ramiro Pena on the roster for Cabrera. Hmmm. Kind of bizarre. Maybe a pinch-runner? In which extra-inning game would Pena play for any of the Yankees' infielders? Anyway.
Pretty light back end of the lineup tonight against Cliff Lee: Nick Swisher (2 for 9), Robinson Cano (2 for 15), Gardner, Molina and Burnett.
---Mike Harrington
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