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- Updated: May 11, 2016
NEW YORK — Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira is the latest star player to appear on the team’s injury report, as the switch-hitter missed Tuesday’s 10-7 win with neck spasms.
Teixeira is in a 4-for-37 (.108) slump with one RBI and no extra-base hits since April 27. He said that the issue first started to bother him during the Yankees’ series against the Orioles in Baltimore last week, but Teixeira is hopeful that he will be able to play on Wednesday.
“I’m not going to use it as an excuse, because I haven’t had a good month,” Teixeira said. “It’s one of those things, when you start altering your swing because of the neck, you want to take care of it. And that’s what we’re doing right now.”
Teixeira did not take pregame batting practice on Tuesday. He is batting .202 …
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