Yanks' Ryan has setback during Florida rehab

BOSTON -- The Yankees will continue without the services of infielder Brendan Ryan, who tweaked a hamstring while running in Florida and will be forced to sit for at least another week.

Ryan was envisioned as the Yankees' backup shortstop, but sustained a right calf strain during Spring Training and has not played in the Majors this season. He was participating in extended spring games in Tampa, Fla.

With Ryan sidelined, infielder Gregorio Petit could stick on the big league roster, or the Yankees could summon infielder Jose Pirela from his Minor League rehab assignment at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Petit has six hits in 30 at-bats (.200) for New York, with three doubles and five RBIs. Pirela went 4-for-5 with three doubles, an RBI and three runs scored for the RailRiders on Sunday and is 11-for-19 (.579) with a home run, four doubles and four RBIs during his stint with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

"I would say he's probably ready to go," manager Joe Girardi said of Pirela. "We wanted to get him a few more at-bats when we had that luxury of calling Petit back, and now we've got to make a decision of what we want to do."

In another rehab update, left-hander Chris Capuano pitched four innings with an unearned run for Class A Advanced Tampa on Saturday, marking his first Minor League rehab start as he returns from a Grade 2 right quadriceps strain. Capuano permitted two hits, striking out four without a walk.