Mora took batting practice before the game to make sure he could grip a bat. He said he was available last night as a pinch hitter, and the hope is he will be back in the lineup tonight.
"[Wednesday], I couldn't throw the ball, but after like a half-hour, it came back to normal," Mora said. "It was scary because I was hurt and I thought I had broken my finger. But when I came in and started feeling it and started moving around, [it was fine]."
Hawkins punished
The league yesterday handed Yankees reliever LaTroy Hawkins a three-game suspension and fined him an undisclosed amount for throwing a pitch near Luke Scott's head in the sixth inning Tuesday. Hawkins immediately was ejected for the pitch, which came three innings after Yankees star Derek Jeter was hit by a fastball by Daniel Cabrera. Hawkins filed an appeal, so he was available to pitch last night.
"I don't wish anything bad on anybody," said Scott, who has said he has forgiven Hawkins. "There are consequences for our actions as men, as players in this game. I just hope everyone moves on from it and learns."
Pace of game
Because of a prior commitment, Trembley couldn't make it on Wednesday's league conference call, which focused on speeding up the pace of games. So he did the next best thing: He went to the league offices in New York to discuss the topic with Major League Baseball officials.
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