SAN FRANCISCO — Aaron Boone didn’t need a lengthy description of how Miguel Andujar did in an extended spring training game Saturday in Tampa where he served as the designated hitter.
“[Trainer] Stevie Donohue came and said, ‘Andujar, three hits, no issues,’ ” Boone said before the Yankees beat the Giants, 6-4, at Oracle Park.
Andujar’s schedule starting Sunday, which will not include game action, could lead him to rejoining the active roster this coming week if he has the ability to make throws from third.
Since the Single-A Tampa Tarpons are off Monday, Andujar (labrum tear right shoulder) will play in a third extended spring training game. It will be his second game at third.
“If it goes well, he will probably play for the Tarpons starting Tuesday,’’ Boone said.
After fouling a ball off his right knee in the fifth inning of Friday night’s 7-3 win over the Giants, DJ LeMahieu remained in the game and finished with three hits and three runs. Afterward in the clubhouse, he was dragging the leg around with an ice pack on it. When he ditched the ice, the infielder walked with a noticeable limp and made you wonder if LeMahieu was the next Yankee headed for the injured list.
Instead, Boone had him atop the lineup for Saturday’s game and he went 1-for-3, drove in a run, scored a run and made the defensive play of the game.
“I know he fouled it off there pretty good and I checked in with Stevie [Donohue] and he was good to go,’’ Boone said of the second baseman who had multiple hits in the previous three games and is hitting .455(10-for-22) with 12 RBIs with runners in scoring position.
Luke Voit was hit by a pitch in the fifth inning and has reached base at least once in 38 straight games. It is the second longest on-base streak by a Yankee since the start of the 2005 season. Mark Teixeira reached base in 42 straight games from June 6 to July 26, 2010.
Boone said CC Sabathia will start Tuesday and Masahiro Tanaka will go Wednesday at Arizona.
Each pitcher will attempt to rebound from poor outings. Sabathia gave up five runs (four earned) and six hits in five innings this past Wednesday to the Angels in a game the Yankees came back to win. The next night, Tanaka was tagged for six runs (five earned) and six hits in 5²/₃ innings of an 11-5 loss.
Sabathia is three strikeouts shy of 3,000 and would become the 17th pitcher to reach that milestone, and just the third lefty. He is also three victories away from 250.
