Philip Hughes heads to the disabled list:

Working on a no-hitter in his second major league start, Phil Hughes had one out in the seventh inning when he grabbed his left hamstring and was forced from the game. For the Yankees, it was a discouraging reminder that even the gem of their farm system is not immune to the ills of the major league team.

Another day, another injury to a starting pitcher. So it goes for the Yankees, who walloped the Texas Rangers, 10-1, in Hughes's first major league victory. Mike Myers allowed the Rangers' first hit, a double by Hank Blalock to lead off the eighth inning.

"There was a little bit of a pop," Hughes said. "But there was no sharp pain or anything like that."

Still, Hughes will be placed on the disabled list with a hamstring injury that Manager Joe Torre described as significant. Torre guessed that Hughes would miss four to six weeks, making him the Yankees' fifth starting pitcher to land on the disabled list this season.

There's a lot of bad karma for the Yankees pitchers this season, although the team is wondering about the new strength and conditioning coach:

One of Cashman's first questions for Hughes was whether he had altered anything in his conditioning since joining the Yankees last week. Hughes, who was sent to the minors in mid-March, said he had not changed his routine.

The injury came when Hughes tried to throw a curveball with an 0-2 count to Mark Teixeira. Hughes told Cashman he overextended himself on the pitch, his chest reaching too far past his front foot. The force was too much for his hamstring.

"His momentum took him," Cashman said. "And all of a sudden, 'Boom.' "

The Yankees forty-man roster is certainly getting a workout. On the positive side, the Yankees did win and picked up a game on the Red Sox.