Yankees taking cautious route with Ellsbury

Ellsbury injures knee 1:07 5/19/15: Jacoby Ellsbury stays in the game after a visit from Joe Girardi and trainers, but later exits with a right knee injury MIAMI -- Yankees outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury's return from a right knee sprain seems less likely to happen by the end of the month.

When asked about the outfielder reaching his target date of June 30, Yankees manager Joe Girardi didn't seem optimistic.

"What is today, the 16th?" Girardi said. "It's probably going to be pretty difficult."

Ellsbury, who sprained his lateral collateral ligament on May 19 by catching his spikes in the batter's box at Nationals Park, expressed on Sunday his hope to go from Miami to Tampa, where the team's complex…