Brett Gardner, Rickie Weeks Jr. collide hard, both leave game

NEW YORK -- Yankees left fielder Brett Gardner is expected to miss at least Thursday night's game after an ugly collision with Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Rickie Weeks Jr.

Gardner and Weeks both left the game. Gardner had a bruised jaw and a strained neck, while Weeks has neck and shoulder soreness, according to the Rays.

"As of right now, they don't believe he has a concussion," said Yankees manager Joe Girardi about Gardner.

Rays manager Kevin Cash did not say whether Weeks will miss time.

"Right now it's just kind of a bone bruise in that AC joint area," he said. "We don't think any structural damage. We just think it's going to be sore there for him for a couple of days."

In the sixth…