"Robinson Cano left yesterday's Yankees win with a bruised left hand. Precautionary X-rays on the Yankees second baseman were negative, and the Bombers' hottest hitter told a team spokesman he will try to play tonight's series opener in Detroit.

Cano didn't speak with the media after yesterday's 5-2 victory over Toronto, getting treatment on his hand before the team departed for Michigan. Manager Joe Girardi and hitting coach Kevin Long both downplayed the injury, the former terming Cano day-to-day and the latter saying he expected him to play tonight.

"He just bruised a pad in his hand right here," Girardi said, pointing to his palm. "One of the pickoff throws from Nova was a sinker and it got him. He's day-to-day and we'll see how he is [today]."

Cano told the team between his second and third at-bats — in the fourth and sixth innings — about the injury, but stayed in until the eighth inning.

"He talked about it after his third at-bat that it was kind of difficult that at-bat," said Girardi. "I asked him if he could play defense for a couple of innings. He said no problem; so when it was his turn to hit, that's when we took him out.""