NEW YORK -- Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui left Saturday's game against the Baltimore Orioles with a strained left hamstring.
Matsui started in left field for New York and suffered the injury during his lone at-bat of the contest, grounding out to catcher Alberto Castillo in the second inning.
Miguel Cairo replaced Matsui as a pinch-hitter in the fourth inning and took over in left field. The 32-year-old Matsui will be re-evaluated on Sunday, the Yankees announced.
Matsui played in just 51 games for New York last season after suffering a broken left wrist in a May 11 contest against the Boston Red Sox, costing him four months and snapping a consecutive games played streak of 518 games to open his Major League career.
Matsui batted .302 with eight home runs and 29 RBIs in 2006. In four games this season, he is 3-for-12 (.250) with three runs batted in.
