ANAHEIM — Brett Gardner did some dry swinging with a bat yesterday in Tampa and didn’t have a problem with his strained right elbow.
Gardner will eventually progress to batting practice and a minor league rehab stint.
“At least 10 days,’’ Joe Girardi said of a timetable for Gardner’s return from the DL. He hasn’t played since April 17.
* David Robertson continued a throwing program in Tampa yesterday and the Yankees will send him on a minor league rehab assignment before bringing him off the DL. Hen hasn’t pitched in the big leagues since May 11.
* The five-game winning streak that ended last night with a 9-8 loss to the Angels glossed over a season-long problem for the Yankees: hitting with runners in scoring position.
During the five games that preceded the season-high, five-game winning streak, the Yankees went 1-5 and hit .077 (3-for-39) in the clutch.
While the hitters picked it up during the streak, it wasn’t like they punished pitchers in the clutch. In the five wins, the Yankees batted .200 (8-for-40) and never had more than two hits in a game with runners in scoring position.
The .220 average in the clutch the Yankees took into last night’s game against Jared Weaver was 24th among the 30 big-league teams and the Yankees ranked 18th in RBIs (136).
The Yankees went 3-for-11 with runners in scoring position last night but only one of them — Russell Martin’s two-run double — delivered runs.
Martin returned to the lineup last night after missing Sunday’s game in Oakland with a neck problem he suffered lifting weights Saturday. He went 2-for-5.
* Cory Wade gave up Mark Trumbo’s game-winning home run in the ninth but only three of his 20 relief appearances have been rocky.
In 21 2/3 innings, he has allowed 17 hits, fanned 25 and issued two unintentional walks.
* Albert Pujols’ recent hot streak didn’t shock Mark Teixeira, who remained hot by going 2-for-2 with a homer and three walks.
“It’s no surprise,’’ Teixeira said of the Angels slugger. “If anybody thought Albert Pujols was going to stay down for long they are crazy.’’
Pujols, who went 2-for-4, hit .217 (20-for-98) without a homer and four RBIs in April. He was at .235 with seven homers and 22 RBIs this month going into last night.