In May, Ian Kennedy was diagnosed with an aneurysm. He quickly had surgery.

Chad Jennings has an update. Kennedy will be back with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees this week.Not to play in any games (not for a number of weeks), but to rehab. He doesn't know when he'll start yet, but in the meantime, he's been keeping in shape. Good news.

The Yankees lost 6–5 to the Marlins tonight, as they suffered from some sketchy defense late and a 9th inning rally fell just short. Perhaps more concerning, though, was that CC Sabathia was pulled in the 2nd inning with tightness in his biceps.

Sabathia retired just four batters before he was yanked from this one, giving up a run on three hits and allowing one walk in his inning and a third before he left the game with what he called tightness in his biceps. Peter Abraham reports that Sabathia was told he had tendinitis in the biceps, but also that Sabathia himself hopes to make his next start.

Alfredo "Ahh! Save Us!" came in and delivered yet another nice outing out of the pen, striking out two and allowing just one hit in 2 and 2/3 scorless innings. The bulk of the damage came against Brett Tomko, Phil Coke and David Robertson (but mostly Tomko), as they allowed a combined 4 earned runs over the final 4 innings of the game.

A critical moment in the game came in the bottom of the 7th, when a single by Jorge Cantu that should have only brought in one run brought in two after a throw home from Melky Cabrera got away from Jorge Posada allowed Hanley Ramirez to score to put the Marlins up 6–3. The error became significant because the Yankees got back two runs in the 9th, but a ground out to short by Derek Jeter ended the Yankees' rally and sealed the rubber game of this series for the Marlins.

Peter Abraham also reported that the final two innings of the game were played under protest by the Yankees after it was determined that an illegal substitution was made in the top of the 8th. Marlins outfielder Alejandro De Aza was brought into the game in the bottom of the 7th as a pinch hitter, but was not sent into the outfield to replace Chris Coghlan until a pitch had already been thrown in the inning, making De Aza ineligible (Colghan, the Yankees claim, should not have taken the field to begin the inning, as he'd already been replaced in the lineup).

Fortunately for the Yanks, they will not be in action tomorrow, so the bullpen will get a much needed day off after 7 and 1/3 innings of work this evening. They'll be back at it in Atlanta on Tuesday night as Chien-Ming Wang will get the start against Tommy Hanson and the Braves. Game starts at 7:00 ET.

Recap records: Patrick: 19–10, Seamus: 15–14, Andrew: 4–7

A.J. Burnett's six game suspension has been knocked down to five, reports Peter Abraham.

Josh Johnson allowed only one run and three hits over seven innings, while Johnny Damon's error in left field proved to be the difference, as the Marlins defeated the Yankees 2-1 Saturday night to split the first two games of a three-game series in Miami.

Each team only recorded five hits, but the Marlins made theirs count. Dan Uggla hit a solo home run to center against starter A.J. Burnett in the second inning. Then in the sixth, walks allowed by Burnett set up a run scoring on Damon's misplay out in left. Jorge Cantu put the ball in play and Hanley Ramirez scored.

The Yankees were able to get a run back in the top of the seventh. Jorge Posada reached on a fielder's choice with two out. Robinson Cano followed with a single and then Nick Swisher drove home Posada with a single to right. Up until that inning, Johnson only allowed one hit.

Burnett pitched 6 1/3 innings, striking out eight, walking three and throwing 98 pitches. While he pitched well, Johnson was simply better.

CC Sabathia and Chris Volstad pitch in tomorrow's rubber game, set for a first pitch time of 5:05 p.m.

Recap records: Patrick: 19–10, Seamus: 15–13, Andrew: 4–7.

Andrew Fletcher blogs about the Yankees regularly at Scott Proctor's Arm.

Tyler Kepner has a great post featuring various fun facts from Mariano Rivera's career, as the closer nears his 500th save. For example, Mo has pitched 1/3 of an inning in 19, 2/3 in 12, 1 in 358, 1 and 1/3 in 63, 1 and 2/3 in 34, 2 in 10 and 2 and 1/3 in 1. Check out the post for more.

Updating a previous story, George A. King III at the Post reports that, according to sources, the Yankees have signed 16 year old Dominican catching prospect Gary Sanchez.


The article also notes Yankee interest in LHP Noel Arguelles and SS Jose Iglesias.

Peter Abraham reports that Xavier Nady saw five innings of action in an extended spring game. While he went 0-4, he also made some throws from the outfield and didn't feel any pain. He'll take it easy tomorrow, go again on Monday and a rehab assignment could be in his future.

Abraham also had updates on Jose Molina. Basically, not a whole lot to say. Molina is working and won't see even Minor League action for a week or more. He notes that Damaso Marte played catch, but that's it.

Finally, he says that A-Rod told him that the plan drafted by his doctors was for the third baseman to have 5-8 days off in the span of his first 45 games of the season. Instead, he played everyday.

In last night's game, Brett Gardner hit the outfield wall hard going after a fly ball and was removed from the game immediately. Besides some soreness and a headache, MLB.com's Anthony DiComo reports that he's doing better and is expected to be back to normal on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Newsday's Elizabeth Nielsen reports that the Yankees had a scout attend a Pedro Martinez bullpen session, as expected. Nielsen was careful to caution any expectations, saying that the team has "little interest" and that the Yanks "took a gander mostly as a courtesy and to be thorough in their scouting."

It was a great night to be Andy Pettitte. On the hill, he was simply on, holding the Marlins to 1 earned run on 3 hits and no walks over 7 innings, while striking out 7. As if that wasn't enough, he even helped his own cause with an RBI double (video). And then he scored by Johnny Damon singled him around. Beautiful.

The team jumped all over Marlins starter Sean West, working him for 5 runs, 10 hits and 2 walks over just 4 innings of work. Melky Cabrera (who walked twice) had a home run and Derek Jeter, Angel Berroa, Nick Swisher and, again, Pettitte all had doubles. Runs were also scored by Jeter, Robinson Cano and Berroa with RBIs from Jorge Posada and Berroa.

Brian Bruney and Brett Tomko pitched back to back 1-2-3 innings to nail the victory for for Pettitte - in fact, between Pettitte and the Pen, the last 10 Marlins went down in order.

Tomorrow at 7:10 PM ET, game 2 will feature A.J. Burnett (5-3, 4.46) against Josh Johnson (6-1, 2.76).

Recap records: Patrick: 19–10, Seamus: 15–13, Andrew: 4–6.

Last night's loss to the Nationals was the first game at the new Yankee Stadium where a home run was not hit, reports MLB.com's Bryan Hoch. The 34 game streak was longer than the 22 games that Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico logged.

Meanwhile, the AP reports that, after review, Chien-Ming Wang will receive one less earned run for his start on June 10 against the Red Sox. Major League Baseball concluded that a scoring change was needed, issuing an error to Nick Swisher that eliminated a double by Dustin Pedroia and an earned run for Wang.