Rookies Adam Warren and David Phelps filled the holes, while Garcia took Pettitte's spot.
New York fifth-starter candidate David Phelps gave five runs and six hits in 3 2-3 innings.
Nova is locked in a competition with David Phelps to be the team's fifth starter.
Rookie David Phelps started for the Yankees, throwing 3.2 innings of no-hit ball before allowing an RBI single.
"I'm not happy, " said Nova, who is in a fight with David Phelps to be the fifth starter.
Ivan Nova (12-8, 5.02) and David Phelps (4-4, 3.34) also will be in the rotation when the season starts.
New York's David Phelps takes the mound against Max Scherzer on Saturday in the middle game of the three-game set.
Rapada and his bullpen-mates have been sick for over a week, with Rapada fingering rookie David Phelps as the initial culprit.
That second game was deadlocked into the 8th inning, as Yankee rookie David Phelps matched Toronto's Ricky Romero pitch for pitch.
Yankees RHP David Phelps (1-1) is set to make his first start of the season in place of injured Ivan Nova on Wednesday.
The Braves scored three runs off Yankees starter David Phelps in the fifth inning, the big blow a two-run homer by Juan Francisco.
The Yankees visit Cleveland for a doubleheader with RHP David Phelps on the mound in Game 1 and LHP Vidal Nuno starting Game 2.
Before Sunday's game, manager Joe Girardi informed Garcia he was being dumped to the bullpen and replaced by rookie David Phelps in the rotation.
Ben Francisco hit his first home run for the Yankees and three relievers were spotless after fill-in starter David Phelps wasted a four-run lead.
Right-hander David Phelps, who threw 30 pitches during two innings in a simulated game, is scheduled to start Saturday's spring training opener against Atlanta.
Ben Francisco hit his first home run for the Yankees and three relievers supplied spotless work after fill-in starter David Phelps wasted a four-run lead.
Ben Francisco hit his first home run for New York and three relievers supplied spotless work after fill-in starter David Phelps wasted a four-run lead.
Girardi employed an unusual strategy Wednesday, inserting pitcher David Phelps into the No. 8 spot in the batting order and moving catcher Austin Romine to ninth.
Cleveland's starter held a makeshift New York lineup to four hits, and the Yankees wasted a solid outing by David Phelps in losing Monday's doubleheader opener 1-0.
Girardi employed a different type of strategy on Wednesday, inserting pitcher David Phelps into the No. 8 spot in the batting order and moving catcher Austin Romine to ninth.
David Phelps (2-2) struck out eight while allowing one run in a season-high seven innings, helping New York beat the Blue Jays for the eighth time in nine games this season.
Hughes is expected to miss his first turn through the rotation, which means that fifth starter candidates Ivan Nova and David Phelps are both likely to begin the season in the rotation.
There's some kids at the end of the rotation, but Phil Hughes is sidelined with a bulging disc, Ivan Nova pitched poorly down the stretch last season, and David Phelps is unproven.
If Warren can sustain his success, he could essentially follow the path of his friend David Phelps, who played the long man's role last year before breaking into the Yankee rotation this year.
David Phelps struck out a career-high nine in four innings after relieving the injured Ivan Nova for New York and Chris Stewart threw out two baserunners as an emergency fill-in for Francisco Cervelli.
Rasmus scored Lind with a broken bat single to center and David Phelps replaced Logan, but gave up a two-run double to Brett Lawrie, whose liner down the third base line stayed fair by inches.
The All-Star second baseman hit a pair of two-run homers to back a solid effort by David Phelps, and New York beat the Toronto Blue Jays for the ninth straight time at Yankee Stadium, 7-2 Saturday.
On the pitching side, fourth starter Hughes is likely to miss the first days of spring, meaning David Phelps and Ivan Nova should slide into the fourth and fifth spots in the rotation, postponing their battle over the final rotation spot, for the time being.
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