Damon losing sleep on first trip to DL

Yankees left fielder Johnny Damon had his first hitting session off a tee pushed back at least a couple days of because of soreness in his injured left shoulder.

Damon sprained the shoulder when he ran into the left-field fence while attempting to catch a ball on July 4.

“Had a little tough time sleeping last night,” Damon said after undergoing treatment Monday at the Yankees’ minor league complex. “Today it felt a little sore. We’re just going to hold back the swinging at least two more days. Hopefully it won’t be too long of a time.”

Damon, who is hitting .319, is on the disabled list for the first time in his career.

Hampton attempting comeback

Mike Hampton will make his second rehabilitation start Wednesday for Double-A Mississippi in Pearl, Miss.

Hampton has had two elbow surgeries and hasn’t pitched in the major leagues since 2005. He earned a spot in the Braves’ starting rotation in spring training, but has strained his left pectoral muscle twice since.

The left-hander will start in a home game against Carolina. He gave up six hits and two runs in five innings against Jacksonville on July 10, in his first rehab start with Mississippi.

Another National has surgery

Washington Nationals outfielder Wily Mo Pena will have surgery on his left shoulder.

Pena has a small tear in his left rotator cuff and fraying of the labrum in his left shoulder.

He was examined Monday by Nationals team doctor Ben Shaffer and is expected to have the operation within seven to 10 days.

Pena is hitting .205 with two homers and 10 RBIs in 195 at-bats this season for the Nationals, who enter the All-Star break at 36-60, the worst record in the majors.

Celebrated official scorer dies

Red Foley, the most celebrated official scorer of his time in major league baseball, has died. He was 79.

Foley died Monday morning at Booth Memorial Hospital in Flushing, N.Y..

From 1981 to 2001, Foley was an official scorer in 10 World Series, more than any other scorer in modern history. That included the Series of 1985, 1987 and 1991, which did not involve New York teams.