BALTIMORE -- First baseman Mark Teixeira was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Saturday with a right knee articular cartilage tear. The Yankees called up infielder Chris Parmelee from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and transferred Dustin Ackley, who is out for the season with a shoulder injury, to the 60-day DL.
Teixeira left Friday's 6-5 loss to the Orioles in the third inning with discomfort in his right knee. Manager Joe Girardi said that while Teixeira has been dealing with pain in his right knee this season, Friday was the first time that it locked up.
"It's a different feeling now," Girardi said. "It wasn't locking up then. It's something he's dealt with before, and today he said he felt it a little bit."
Teixeira has also battled neck spasms and missed four games May 25-28 as a result. On Friday, he grounded to first in a second-inning at-bat to drop to 3-for-43 since May 17.
To replace Teixeira, the short-term fix may be utility infielder Rob Refsnyder, who took over at first base Friday and cleanly fielded the two ground balls that were hit to him.
Refsnyder, 25, has been taking grounders at first base during batting practice over the past few days, but he said he has never played the position regularly. The last time he even played the position sparingly, he said, would have been at the University of Arizona, where he played from 2010-12.
"What I'm focused on now," Refsnyder said, "is just getting game reps and getting as comfortable as I can. ... If that's what Joe needs, that's what I'll do."
Ben Raby is a contributor to MLB.com based in the Washington, D.C./Baltimore region. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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