KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -While the New York Yankees awaited the return of Derek Jeter and news on Jorge Posada’s shoulder, they put Alberto Gonzalez in the starting lineup at shortstop against the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night.
Gonzalez was on an optional assignment to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said the team would make moves by game time to put Gonzalez on the active roster.
Gonzalez was 1-for-14 (.071) in 12 games with the Yankees last September, playing shortstop and third base.
Jeter strained his left quadriceps Monday and is not expected back until at least Friday’s series opener at Boston.
Posada allowed five steals in Tuesday’s 5-2 loss to Kansas City and left in the sixth inning with a “dead arm.” Cashman said he had an MRI exam in Kansas City and that Yankees doctors were awaiting the scans to evaluate them.
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