Brett Gardner has Setback with Injured Right Elbow

Brett Gardner watches the Yankees game against the Tampa Bay Rays from the bench on May 10th, 2012. (Getty Images)

Brett Gardner has felt discomfort in his injured right elbow one day after playing for Class-A Charleston. Joe Girardi has predicted that Gardner will be most likely back after the all-star break.

Brett Gardner has been sidelined with a strained right elbow and has only plated in 9 of the 57 games that the Yankees have had this year.

Gardner played for Class-A Charleston on June 8th and went 1-3.

"He's frustrated," Brian Cashman said. "We're frustrated."

The Yankees General Manager, Brian Cashman, has stated that he the team could begin to trade for a left fielder.

Yanks' Jump on Santana; Kuroda Solid

Nick Swisher reacts after hitting a solo shot in the 3rd inning Friday night against the Mets. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

The Yankees were able to jump on Johan Santana early on Friday when they defeated the Mets 9-1. Hiroki Kuroda had a no-hit bid going into the 6th inning, but lost it when he gave up a single to the shortstop, Omar Quintanilla. Kuroda exited the game after the 7th inning after he was hit on his left foot with a line drive. He is listed with a contusion in his left foot as x-rays were negative.

Kuroda allowed 1 hit in 7 innings of shutout ball. He struck out 7 and walked 1. When he was relived in the 8th inning by Cody Eppley, Kuroda had a pitch count of 96. He had 52 strikes and 44 balls.

Kuroda told reporters after the game that his foot feels better and he wanted to go out for the 8th inning. The trainer convinced him to rest it. He says that he can make his next start.

Joe Girardi was asked during his post-game press conference if Hiroki Kuroda would have came out of the game before after the 7th inning if he did not get hit on his left foot. He responded with "absolutely."

The Yankees offense was powered by the home runs today. Robinson Cano hit a 2-run shot to right field in the 2nd inning. The Yankees were far from done though.

In the 3rd inning, Robinson Cano hit his 2nd home run of the game. It was anohter 2-run shot to right field off of Santana. Nick Swisher was next and he also hit a home run off of Santana. It was a solo shot to left field. The Yankees had one more left in them though. Andruw Jones secured the back-to-back-to-back home runs off of Johan Santana. Jones hammered a 2-2 pitch down the left field line to increase their lead to 6-0.

The Yankees would add some more runs in the 7th inning. Curtis Granderson started the inning off with a walk and then Mark Teixeira would double him to 3rd. Alex Rodriguez hit a sacrifice fly to center field to make it 7-0. Two batters later, Nick Swisher would hit a ground rule double to score Mark Teixeira to 3rd after a Robinson Cano ground ball was able to move him over. The score was 8-0 with Andruw Jones coming up and Jones singled to left field to drive in Nick Swisher. The Yankees had taken a commanding 9-0 lead. The inning would finally end when Raul Ibanez popped up to shortstop in shallow left center field.

The Mets would get their only run in the 9th inning on a 2 out double to left field by Lucas Duda.

The Yankees and Mets will play game 2 tomorrow night. Phil Hughes takes the mound after coming off of an impressive start in Detroit on Sunday.

Joba Chamberlain Ahead of Schedule

Joba Chamberlain is progressing faster than most people could have thought from his ankle injury that he suffered from a trampoline accident with his son. Chamberlain also is still recovering from Tommy John surgery that has sidelined him since last season.

Joba threw 25 pitches today down in Tampa. He also ran some sprints in the outfield.

Joba Chamberlain and the Yankees are hoping that he will make a quick recovery and hopefully be back by August.

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Game 57: Mets at Yankees

                              June 8th, 2012, 7:05, Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York

The Yankees and Mets will kick off the Subway Series with a 3 game set in the Bronx tonight.

Click here for the series Probable Pitchers.

Here are the lineups:

Mets (32-26)
Kirk Nieuwenhuis, CF
Josh Thole, C
David Wright, 3B
Lucas Duda, DH
Daniel Murphy, 2B
Scott Hairston, RF
Ike Davis, 1B
Jason Bay, LF
Omar Quintanilla, SS

Pitching: Johan Santana LHP (3-2, 2.38 ERA this season)

Yankees (31-25)
Derek Jeter, SS
Curtis Granderson, CF
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Robinson Cano, 2B
Nick Swisher, RF
Andruw Jones, DH
Raul Ibanez, LF
Russell Martin, C

Pitching: Hiroki Kuroda RHP (4-6, 3.82 ERA this season)

Enjoy the game!

Probable Pitchers: Mets at Yankees

The Yankees and Mets will start a 3 game series in the Bronx Friday. This will kick off the Subway Series this season.

Here are the probable pitchers for the series:

Game 1: Friday, June 8th, 7:05 ET, Yankee Stadium

Mets: 
Johan Santana LHP (3-2, 2.38 ERA this season)

Yankees:
Hiroki Kuroda RHP (4-6, 3.82 ERA this season)

Game 2: Saturday, June 9th, 7:15 ET, Yankee Stadium

Mets:
Dillon Gee RHP (4-3, 4.48 ERA this season)

Yankees:
Phil Hughes RHP (5-5, 4.96 ERA this season)

Game 3: Sunday, June 10th, 1:05 ET, Yankee Stadium

Mets:
Jon Niese LHP (4-2, 4.11 ERA this season)

Yankees:
Andy Pettitte LHP (3-2, 2.78 ERA this season)

Enjoy the series!