Brett Gardner to DL

Joe Girardi announced after tonight's game that Brett Gardner will be placed on the disabled list with bruised right elbow and a muscle strain in that area. He suffered this injury as a result of a diving catch he made in the 3rd inning of Tuesday's game.

Brett Gardner was 2-2 with 2 doubes, two walks, and a stolen base.

Girardi said that Raul Ibanez or Andruw Jones will fill in his spot in left field. Eduardo Nunez could get some action in left as well.

The Yankees' will call up Cody Eppely, who they claimed off waivers from the Texas Rangers on April 5th.

Eppely appearing in 10 games for Texas last season. He allowed 8 runs in 9 innings of work. This season, he has thrown 6 1/3 innings of scoreless ball for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

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