SARASOTA, Fla. - Ryan Flaherty isn't in the Orioles lineup this afternoon, with Chris Johnson getting the start at third base. The media was told before first pitch that the utility infielder is bothered by some arm soreness.
Manager Buck Showalter will elaborate after today's game against the Yankees.
Showalter relayed word that Flaherty's condition isn't serious, but the former Rule 5 pick won't play today.
Flaherty is 0-for-4 in two exhibition games and drove in the Orioles' first run with a sacrifice fly Friday afternoon against the Tigers in Lakeland.
Ubaldo Jiménez threw 29 pitches in two innings and left with the Orioles trailing 1-0. Seventeen of his pitches were strikes.
Jimenez got ahead of four of the five batters he faced in the first inning, but the Yankees took a 1-0 lead on Austin Romine's infield hit, Greg Bird's double to right field and Aaron Judge's fielder's choice grounder.
Mark Trumbo, making his first spring start at first base, failed to backhand Romine's bouncer and Jonathan Schoop couldn't pick up the ball cleanly.
Bird was out at third base on Judge's grounder to shortstop Manny Machado.
Dustin Fowler singled with two outs in the second inning and stole second base. He would have scored if not for Adam Jones' sensational diving catch in right-center field to rob Jorge Mateo.
Jones was playing shallow, of course, and it paid off.
Jiménez was so efficient in his intrasquad start last week that Showalter kept him on the mound to record a fourth out. He's done after two innings today, with left-hander Vidal Nuño working the third.
Chris Davis walked to lead off the bottom of the second inning, but Trumbo grounded into a 6-4-3 double play. Hyun Soo Kim followed with a single into right field, another line drive off his bat, but Judge threw him out at second base on a close play.
Update: Schoop, playing his last game before the World Baseball Classic, led off the bottom of the third inning by clearing the seats in left field to tie the game.
Nuño retired the Yankees in order in the top half of the inning.
Update II: Kim lost a fly ball in the sun to give Judge a leadoff triple in the fourth, but Nuño retired the next three batters without a run scoring. Nuño turned in two scoreless innings.
Jiménez said he accomplished what he wanted to do.
"I was commanding the fastball and keeping the ball down," he said. "I think that's what I did. I was able to get a lot of ground balls. I still have to get a couple of my breaking balls over."
Trumbo couldn't come up with Austin Romine's bouncer in the first that eventually led to a run.
"It's part of the game, especially this time of year," Jiménez said. "We're here a little bit early, so it takes a lit bit more for everybody to get ready."
Jiménez is trying to be more economical this season and reduce the full counts. He threw 19 pitches today in two innings.
"I think that's what I was able to do in the last part of the season," he said. "That was attacking the strike zone, getting ahead and staying ahead. That's going to save me a lot of pitches and going to allow me to get deeper in the games."
Jiménez had friend Welington Castillo behind the plate.
"He's great, he's great," Jimenez said. "I forgot about it, but I realized he caught me a couple of games in the Dominican Winter League in 2010. We're on the same page. He's a good guy. He wants to learn every day. He works hard. He's going to do everything possible to do the best for the team."