O'Day throws, Harrison better

Darren O'Day climbed on the Yankee Stadium mound and threw to several Rangers' hitters, taking an important step in his recovery.

Manager Ron Washington watched O'Day carefully and said the submariner was "rusty."

"We'll continue to get him out there like we did today," Washington said. "He threw some good pitches, but there was inconsistency. It was nice to see him on the mound."

O'Day said it felt good to throw to hitters and that he feels like his target date of late June (June 26) is still very realistic. He'll throw another bullpen in two days. O'Day said ran harder as well on Tuesday.

"My command was a little off, but that's to be expected," O'Day said. "Overall it was a positive day."

Other notes:

* Maybe LHP Matt Harrison's luck is changing for the better. He anticipates to make his next start as scheduled. Harrison's blister has hardened and is not an issue. And he passed his kidney stone on Monday afternoon. He had the kidney stone in his locker (in a pill bottle) and plans to take it in for testing so maybe he can find out how the stone formed and if there's anything he can do to prevent them in the future.

As for his bruised left triceps, he had it wrapped and has treated it with ice the last few days. He will throw a bullpen session on Wednesday after playing catch on Tuesday.

* Elvis Andrus reiterated that he got the message that Washington was sending by pulling him on Sunday. Andrus knows his focus must be better (more on that on the blog tomorrow). Andrus is in the lineup and batting second.

* Craig Gentry is in tonight's game against lefty CC Sabathia. Washington said he likes the way Gentry is playing and plans to have the right-handed hitter in the lineup against lefties. That's despite Gentry hitting just .148 against lefties this season (4-for-27).