Teixeira undergoes MRI for knee discomfort

BALTIMORE — Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira left Friday’s 6-5 loss to the Orioles in the third inning with discomfort in his right knee.

Teixeira was examined by an Orioles team physician and left Camden Yards for an MRI. Results of the MRI were not immediately known.

Manager Joe Girardi said that while Teixeira has been dealing with pain in his right knee this season, Friday was the first time that it locked up.

“It’s a different feeling now,” Girardi said. “It wasn’t locking up then. It’s something he’s dealt with before, and today he said he felt it a little bit.”

Teixeira has also battled neck spasms and missed four games May 25-28 as a result. On Friday, he grounded to first in a second-inning at-bat to drop to 3-for-43 since May 17.

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