Travis Hafner (sore right shoulder) took batting practice and hopes to be able to play Friday.
Girardi said Hafner would have an MRI and get a couple days off as a precaution.
After an intentional walk to Jayson Nix to load the bases, pinch-hitter Travis Hafner struck out.
Hafner made it 7-2 with another single, his third RBI single of the night.
The 35-year-old Hafner kept running and pulled into the third with a standup triple.
Hafner made it 3-1 with a leadoff longball to left in the third, his fifth.
"It's something I was really looking forward to, just having high expectations, " Hafner said.
After allowing Ichiro Suzuki's single, Rodney completed his third save by retiring Robinson Cano and Travis Hafner.
Captain Derek Jeter, one of several injured Yankees, laughed along with Hafner and his teammates from the dugout.
So Vernon Wells, Travis Hafner, Kevin Youkilis and company were the butt of more than a few jokes.
Hafner tried to make changes early in spring, and then jettisoned them in favor of a stripped-down approach.
Neither of them did until it was too late, and Hafner coasted across the bag for an infield single.
Toronto brought in lefty reliever Brett Cecil to face the lefty-swinging Hafner with two outs and Wells on third.
Hafner hit a high drive that ticked off center fielder Rajai Davis' glove as he approached the padded wall.
Cano later scored when Hafner blooped a single well beyond a drawn-in infield.
Travis Hafner had a sixth-inning solo homer, and Ronnier Mustelier won it in the 10th with a leadoff homer.
He left with New York trailing 4-3, but Hafner's shot in the ninth preserved Sabathia's 17-4 lifetime record against Baltimore.
If an MRI on Hafner's shoulder doesn't reveal more significant damage, though, the Yankees will have a glut of big bats.
"You just see that his approach is good, and he's been great in that four-hole for us, " Girardi said of Hafner.
Cervelli hit a solo homer in the second, and Travis Hafner had a two-run shot in the third off John Maine.
Selected by Texas in the 31st round of the 1996 amateur draft, Hafner made his major league debut six years later.
New York tied the score in the sixth, when Dan Straily allowed Cano's leadoff single and a one-out walk to Travis Hafner.
Travis Hafner and Brett Gardner each had an RBI single for the Yankees, who bounced back from a 2-0 loss to A.J.
He walked Wells and Kevin Youkilis to open the fourth and Hafner followed with his sixth home run that made it 3-all.
Robinson Cano had a one-out double and Kevin Youkilis was hit by a pitch before Hafner hit an RBI double to left.
The second run charged to Hill in the third came when Tigers left-hander Kenny Faulk walked Travis Hafner with the bases loaded.
Cashman ruled out having designated hitter Travis Hafner playing in the field.
Travis Hafner returned to the Yankees' lineup after missing five games because of right shoulder inflammation and hit a two-run homer in the eighth.
New York tied the score in the sixth, when Oakland starter Dan Straily allowed Cano's leadoff single and a one-out walk to Travis Hafner.
Travis Hafner returned to the Yankees' lineup after missing five games because of right shoulder inflammation and hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning.
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