Glavine day-to-day with hamstring

Atlanta Braves pitcher Tom Glavine left his start against the Washington Nationals with a strained right hamstring after failing to record an out in the first inning Sunday at Washington, matching the shortest outing of his 22-season career.

The first four batters Glavine faced reached base, on three hits and a walk, as Washington took a 1-0 lead. After throwing his 16th pitch, to get to a 1-2 count on Wily Mo Pena, Glavine walked off the mound, then briefly doubled over.

Manager Bobby Cox and an Atlanta trainer checked on the left-hander, and a few moments later Glavine walked off the field.

The 42-year-old Glavine, who has 303 career wins, was listed as day-to-day.

In 672 starts since making his major league debut in 1987, Glavine left a game without recording an out only one other time.

On May 16, 1989, pitching for Atlanta against the Chicago Cubs, he gave up hits to the first four batters and departed after spraining his left ankle while covering first base.

Ortiz takes a break

David Ortiz was out of the starting lineup for the Red Sox against the Yankees in Boston, after getting off to the worst start of his career.

Manny Ramirez moved to Ortiz’s designated hitter spot and Jacoby Ellsbury took Ramirez’s place in left field.

Ortiz, batting .070 with 3 hits in 43 at bats, was to work with hitting coach Dave Magadan.

“I talked to David real quick” on Saturday, manager Terry Francona said. “I still think it’s the right thing to do. He needed a break.”

Ortiz, who had arthroscopic knee surgery in the offseason, had played in all 12 previous games.

Toronto’s Ryan back

Closer B.J. Ryan was activated by the Toronto Blue Jays, 11 months after undergoing elbow ligament replacement surgery.

Manager John Gibbons said the left-hander will immediately regain his closer’s role, but he won’t pitch on consecutive days.

Gibbons said he wasn’t surprised that Ryan was able to return so quickly. Most pitchers require a year or more to recover from Tommy John surgery and pitch again at the major league level. Ryan’s operation was May 10.