BOSTON (AP) -New York Yankees catcher Jose Molina injured his hamstring Sunday night, forcing sore-armed Jorge Posada to take over and making the addition of another catcher likely.
After the Boston Red Sox’s 8-5 win Sunday night, Yankees manager said the team probably would add a catcher. They open a two-game series Monday night at Tampa Bay.
“I’m not sure what’s going to happen with Molina now,” Girardi said. “He hurt his (left) hamstring. That’s why we took him out. … It was pretty bad.”
Girardi said Molina was hurt in the fourth inning when he slid in safely on Johnny Damon’s sacrifice fly. He trotted slowly to first on a ground out in the sixth and a single in the eighth. Wilson Betemit pinch ran for him, and Posada, who has a sore right shoulder, moved from designated hitter to catcher in the ninth when Boston stole two bases without drawing a throw.
“It’s kind of hard,” Girardi said. “I was hoping they didn’t get anyone on where they could run. It didn’t work out that way.”
Molina said: “It doesn’t feel really, really bad. It’s tight.”
Shortstop Derek Jeter, who missed his sixth straight game Sunday night with a strained left thigh, might play Monday night, Girardi said.
“We’ll make a decision after we go through the workout,” he said.
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