ARLINGTON, Texas — The Yankees dodged a bullet regarding Alex Rodriguez’s oblique.
At least for now.
The 40-year-old designated hitter, who left Sunday’s game before his third at-bat after tweaking his left oblique taking warmup swings indoors, returned to the lineup Wednesday night, batting fifth.
Rodriguez, who took a .145/.242/.273 (batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage) into Wednesday, missed the previous two games.
“Obviously you’ll watch but if he’s going to take a swing and have a twinge, we’re probably going to see it right away,” Joe Girardi said before the game. “He said he felt good taking swings last night.