Teixeira Aggravates Wrist Injury as Yankees Drop Fifth Straight Game ANAHEIM, Calif. - Even after he returned, seemingly as healthy and as strong as ever, there was an element of concern with every swing that Mark Teixeira took. Would this one reinjure his wrist? Would the next one send him back to the disabled list? As it turned out, Teixeira, who missed the first two months of the season, was not quite as healthy as was thought when he rejoined the Yankees on May 31, and now the rest of his season is in some doubt. Teixeira was removed from the Yankees" 6-2 loss to the Los Angeles Angels - their fifth straight defeat - in the fourth inning Saturday and was sent back to New York, where he will visit Dr. Christopher Ahmad on Sunday, the team said. Manager Joe Girardi said that Teixeira did not reinjure the wrist on one swing and that he had been having difficulty generating power with it for some time. Finally it was decided to sit him down again. This is the fourth time this season that a key Yankees player who either had seemingly recovered from an injury or was on the path to recovery has had another injury. Derek Jeter sustained a second break in his left ankle during spring training, Curtis Granderson broke his left hand only days after recovering from a broken right arm, and Kevin Youkilis, who missed a month with a back injury, had to return to the disabled list Friday with the same injury. Alex Rodriguez, Francisco Cervelli and Eduardo Nunez are rehabilitating injuries, too. Lyle Overbay, a veteran who will be back at first base for as long as Teixeira is out, said he had never seen so many injuries befall one team. "This is going to test us," he said, adding, "It's two steps forward, one step back." After his second at-bat on Saturday, Teixeira went to Girardi and said he did not have the right strength in his wrist, preventing him from making hard, quick swings. Kevin Long, the Yankees" hitting coach, said Teixeira's wrist had felt that way, to some degree, since he returned from the injury. "I don't know that it's been right since he's been here, honestly," Long said. A big part of his routine is doing tee work, and he hasn't been able to do that. Teixeira left Saturday before speaking with reporters. Girardi said he was hoping that Teixeira would miss only a couple of games, but Teixeira seems just as likely to be headed for the D.L. Worse, there is the possibility that he will need season-ending surgery, the very prospect that made Girardi so concerned almost every time Teixeira swung the bat. Jose Bautista of the Toronto Blue Jays had a similar injury last year and first tried to heal the wrist with rest. But after a brief two-game comeback, Bautista deemed it unworkable and opted for surgery to stabilize his tendon, ending his season. He has since come back healthy. "I just know what Bautista went through last year," Girardi said, "where he was able to rehab and get back, and he took that one swing, and he went back to, really, Square 1, in a sense. I don't think Tex is there; I don't think he's back to where he hurt it in March. Teixeira, who originally hurt the wrist March 5 while swinging at balls on a tee, has struggled to find consistency in his 15 games. He has three home runs but only eight hits in 53 at-bats. Batting left-handed, he is 3 for 35. Before Saturday, he had not publicly reported any problems with his wrist, despite his troubles at the plate. The chance that Teixeira could reinjure his wrist is what prompted the Yankees to keep Overbay even after Teixeira returned. Overbay was signed at the end of spring training to fill in at first base and played well while holding Teixeira's spot, with 8 home runs and 29 runs batted in. And even though he batted only .247, he played well defensively. At the height of the Yankees" success this season, when they were 12 games over .500 on May 20, it was players like Overbay, Vernon Wells and Travis Hafner who were leading the way. Since then, all three have struggled, and the Yankees have scored two or fewer runs in six of their last eight games, with one home run in that span. "We talked about it," Long said. It's the B squad back in action. Here we go. Alex Rodriguez ran the bases in Tampa at 75-percent speed Saturday, his first such trip around the infield since he had hip surgery in January. "He's progressing well," Joe Girardi said. Once he can run the bases full speed, Rodriguez should be able to start playing simulated games. ...The Angels honored Mariano Rivera in a ceremony before the game. Rivera made his major league debut here in 1995 and earned his first save against the Angels in 1996.