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Paul Konerko with four-hit night

Konerko went 4 for 4 in the game with a double and his 27th RBI. He also scored a run and is batting .248 on the year after the four-hit effort.

The 37-year-old has an RBI in three of his last four games, but 27 on the year over 230 at-bats. He's struggled, but it was good to see him pick it up in a losing effort Tuesday.

Edwin Encarnacion hits 19th home run

Encarnacion went deep in the fifth inning off starter Jeff Francis for a two-run shot. He added an RBI double in the first inning and drove in three runs. 

Encarnacion finished 2 for 4 with two runs scored and is batting .268 for the year. He's hit in eight of his last 10 games with two homers, four doubles and eight RBI over that span. He's driven in 58 runs this year. 

Mike Napoli reaches base twice in return

Napoli went 1 for 3 in his return to the lineup with a single and a walk. He's batting .263 on the season with nine homers and 49 RBI. 

Justin Smoak back from DL

Chris McGuiness sent down

Mark Teixeira shelved again; now what?

Season-ending surgery is still in the picture for Teixeira, but a major factor for his current DL stay is the cortisone shot that he received that was going to sideline him for a week or more, according to the New York Daily News. Though surgery is a possibility, so is recovery, and a healthy Teixeira is a top 10 first baseman. He showed a little of that potential in his first five games this season, when he went 4 for 15 with two home runs and three walks.

Given the risk of Teixeira missing more than just a couple of weeks and the possibility of subpar performance, I have dropped him to 16th in my first baseman rankings. If things take a turn for the worse, I'll drop him further, but for now, there's no reason why Teixeira shouldn't be stashed.

Mark Teixeira headed to disabled list

The team had been contemplating the move, and decided a stint on the DL would help Teixeira. The Yankees will bring back pitcher Adam Warren to take his spot on the roster. There's no indication whether Teixeira will be out more than 15 days. 

Teixeira was hitting .151/.270/.340 in 53 at-bats. 

Hitting coach says Mark Teixeira wasn't ready

General manager Brian Cashman expressed displeasure with Long for voicing his opinion too late. "It’s alarming in the fact that K-Long would say that to the group of the reporters, but he never said that prior to that," Cashman said. "If K-Long felt that way he should have been saying that from Day 1, but we never heard that from K-Long."

Teixeira has been placed on the disabled list again with another wrist injury. He was hitting just .151/.270/.340 in 53 at-bats. 

Mike Napoli returns to lineup

Napoli has missed the last three games due to an illness. He'll return and hit fifth in the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader. Napoli is hitting .262/.347/.467 in 244 at-bats. 

Surgery possible for Mark Teixeira

Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said he would give Teixeira time to rest the wrist, but admitted this could lead to surgery if it continues to be an issue.

"Is this something that is a recurring theme because of the previous injury [torn tendon sheath] that is going to prevent him from being all he can be? If that’s the case, he will have to have the surgery," Cashman said. He said the injury is likely related to the one that kept Teixeira out the first two months of the season.

Teixeira is hitting .151/.270/.340 in 53 at-bats. 

Report: Justin Smoak getting activated

Smoak went 2 for 5 with a double and run scored in his fifth rehab game with Triple-A Tacoma Monday. He has been out since May 30 with a strained oblique muscle. 

Mitch Moreland hitless to begin rehab

Chris Davis hits No. 24

Davis went deep in the second inning off Scherzer, who won 5-1 and is 10-0 on the season for the Tigers. Davis finished 2 for 4 in the game with two strikeouts. He has 61 RBI and a .337 batting average. 

Davis has homered four times in his last six games with nine RBI over that span. He's 4 for 8 with two homers and four RBI in his last two games alone. 

Yankees sign 1B/DH Randy Ruiz

Ruiz, who was assigned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, is 35 and last saw time in the majors for the Blue Jays in 2010. He's a career .272 hitter with 12 homers and 25 RBI over 217 at-bats with the Jays and Twins. 

Ruiz was hitting .370 with six homers and 20 RBI over 37 games this season in the Mexican league. 

Mike Napoli expected to play in doubleheader

Nick Swisher out until Friday

Nick Swisher held out another game

Swisher has gone 15 games without a multi-hit performance, batting .109 (6 for 55) in that span. His average has dropped from .278 to .237 in that span.

Yankees 'leaning' toward putting Mark Teixeira on DL

Cashman added he doesn't expect Teixeira to be an option for the team for at least a week. On Sunday, manager Joe Girardi said Lyle Overbay will start at first base while Teixeira recovers from his latest setback.

James Loney can't stop average from sliding

Loney's average has dropped from .327 to .301 in his last six games, and he's batting just .241 in his last 36 games since his average reached .385 on May 8.

Could the Red Sox be the remedy to snap Loney out of his slump? If we go off past history this season, then it might not be the case. Loney is batting .207 (6 for 29) in nine games against Boston this season.

Eric Hosmer's average continues to climb

Hosmer is batting .305 (18 for 59) with one home run, three doubles, six walks, seven RBI and 12 runs in 15 June games. He also has two stolen bases. 

Since May 19, Hosmer is batting .306 (33 for 108), raising his average from .244 to .272. Unfortunately, Hosmer continues to be plagued by a lack of home runs and RBI. He has just two home runs and 15 RBI in 43 games since May 1.

Brandon Moss powering up for A's

Moss is batting .350 (7 for 20) with three home runs and five RBI in his last four games. Moss has homered five times and driven in nine runs in his last 11 games (seven starts).

Lyle Overbay to fill in for injured first baseman

“My plan is to put Overbay at first base," Girardi said, per the New York Post. "We are going to see some lefties against the Dodgers when we get home, but my plan is to put him at first base."

Mike Napoli feeling better for Red Sox

Napoli is day to day and hopeful he can return to play Tuesday against the Rays. 

Chris Davis mashes 100th career homer

Davis, who leads the majors with 23 homers on the year, launched a two-run homer to right field off Lester, notching his first career hit off the starter in the process. 

Davis entered Sunday's game batting .332 on the season. He snapped a mini hit streak when he went hitless Saturday, but had gone 14 for 56 (.250) in June entering Sunday's game. That said, he has four homers on the month now that he went deep Sunday. 

Mitch Moreland slated for three-game rehab assignment

Moreland was cleared for a rehab assignment after running the bases Sunday. He has been sidelined since early June. Chris McGuiness has been starting regularly at first base for Texas in Moreland's absence.

Mark Teixeira has wrist inflammation

Teixeira received a cortisone shot and will be re-evaluated in a few days. Teixeira missed Sunday's game as he was back in New York undergoing the MRI. 

Nick Swisher could land on DL

There is even a chance he could end up on the disabled list. Swisher aggravated the injury in the fifth inning of Saturday's loss to the Nationals. 

"I'm grinding guys," said Swisher. "I want to be in there every day regardless of what I got going on. Obviously, it's starting to physically show a little bit."

Swisher, who missed time earlier in the year with a shoulder injury, is in a 6-for-55 slump at the plate. 

"I just don't feel I have the thump in my swing," he said. "Whatever decision we make tomorrow, we are going to go at it full on."

No slowing down for Toronto's Adam Lind

Lind is batting .423 (22 for 52) with a .673 slugging percentage, 1.109 OPS three home runs, four doubles, nine runs and 10 RBI in 12 June games. Lind has been on a roll offensively since early May, producing a .392/.422/.648/1.070 OPS in his last 33 games. His batting average has risen from .220 to .343 in that span.

Nick Swisher gets day of rest

Swisher struck out twice, but drove in his 24th run of the season. Swisher is batting .237 with seven homers and 33 runs scored. Slowly trying to get his bat back in order, Swisher has hit in five of his last six games. He's gone 5 for 23 (.217) over that span, and, sadly that is an improvement after he'd gone 1 for 32 (.031) in the nine games before that. 

Mike Napoli diagnosed with 'general illness'

Napoli was diagnosed with a "general illness," said manager John Farrell, the Boston Globe reports. Napoli experienced dizziness and nausea after leaving Thursday's game against the Orioles. He is considered day to day. 

Justin Smoak could return Monday

Mark Teixeira will have wrist re-evaluated in NY

Mark Teixeira exits with wrist injury

Mitch Moreland targeting Friday return

Mike Napoli sent home ill

Napoli was not available to play Saturday against the Orioles in Baltimore. The good news is that he does not have concussion symptoms. 

Mike Napoli still sitting out

Napoli had to leave Thursday's game due to the illness. He doubled in his only at-bat in the second inning before being replaced by Mike Carp in that Thursday game. He is hitting .262 with nine homers and 49 RBI in 66 games. 

Mark Trumbo collects three hits in win

Trumbo has hit .270 while leading his team with 15 home runs and 45 RBI in 259 at-bats.

Paul Konerko doubles in 2-for-3 performance

Konerko has a .237 batting average, as his struggles this season have continued into June. He's homered just twice since the beginning of May.