DETROIT -- Yankees outfielder Cody Bellinger was scratched from Tuesday afternoon¡¯s starting lineup against the Tigers in Detroit.
The reason?
¡°Food poisoning, we think,¡± Yankees manager Aaron Boone said before the game. ¡°He¡¯s been throwing up all night. Hopefully, he feels a little bit better now. We¡¯ll see if we can get him going and make him somehow available as the game goes. We¡¯ll see how it unfolds.¡±
Boone said he ¡°was able to get a smile out of him¡± before the rest of the team took pregame warmups on the field at Comerica Park.
Bellinger ¡°felt a lot better during the game,¡± Boone said following the club's 5-0 loss, and he would have been available to pinch-hit had the right situation arose.
Bellinger, who was 1-for-4 and scored a run in Monday afternoon¡¯s 6-2 loss to the Tigers, is batting .233 with one homer and six RBIs in 30 at-bats to begin his first season with the Bombers.
Boone was asked for the cause of Bellinger¡¯s food poisoning.
¡°I think he had some wings, maybe,¡± said Boone, noting that he didn¡¯t believe they had been consumed in Detroit. The Yankees came to Detroit Sunday night after a series in Pittsburgh with the Pirates.
Switch-hitting rookie Jasson Dom¨ªnguez started in left for New York on Tuesday.
LeMahieu on comeback trail
Infielder DJ LeMahieu, who was placed on the 10-day injured list on March 26 -- retroactive to March 24 -- with a left calf strain, told MLB.com he¡¯s 100 percent ready for a rehab assignment this weekend.
¡°I¡¯ll go to either Double-A or Triple-A -- they¡¯re both home,¡± said LeMahieu of the Minor League Somerset Patriots in New Jersey and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders in Pennsylvania, respectively. ¡°I feel really good, but I didn¡¯t have Spring Training.¡±