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Mike Mussina, who has faced the Rays more times than any other Major League pitcher, could be just what the doctor ordered for the ailing Yankees in St. Petersburg on Wednesday.

Gabe Gross came through with a game-winning single up the middle off Mariano Rivera in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Rays a 2-1 walk-off victory over the Yankees on Tuesday at Tropicana Field.

Alex Rodriguez is planning to rejoin the Yankees' lineup next week, he told reporters on Tuesday at the club's Minor League complex.

Joba Chamberlain and soon-to-be Hall of Famer Goose Gossage had a "great conversation" via telephone on Tuesday, but not surprisingly given their mound demeanors, neither is in any particular hurry to back down.

The Yankees have shipped Kei Igawa off to their bullpen and are primed to recall rookie Ian Kennedy from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to start on Thursday against the Rays.