Andy Pettitte walked off the Yankee Stadium mound in the third inning of today's game, and it will be a long time before you see him there again.
Pettitte suffered a strained left groin and exited the Yankees' 9-5 win over the Rays early. The Yankees will place him on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday and activate Sergio Mitre later in the week to replace Pettitte in the starting rotation.
General manager Brian Cashman said he expects Pettitte to miss 4-5 weeks. That estimate is based on the time he will have to rest the leg, and then the time it will take him to get his arm back into pitching shape again.
"It's a double whammy with a pitcher," Cashman said.
The injury puts a halt to a magnificent season for the 38-year-old Pettitte. He is 11-2 with a 2.88 ERA and was selected for the All-Star team. He felt pain in his leg on a 2-1 pitch to Kelly Shoppach in the third inning. Catcher Jorge Posada immediately ran to the mound, and then called out manager Joe Girardi, pitching coach Dave Eiland and trainer Gene Monahan. Pettitte threw one warm-up pitch and then they removed him. Continue
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