CLEVELAND -- Allowing nine runs in the last two innings wasnt the worst thing that happened to the New York Yankees on Thursday night. New Yorks 9-3 loss to the Cleveland Indians was overshadowed by the news that rookie sensation Masahiro Tanaka has a partially torn ligament in his right elbow. General manager Brian Cashman said in a conference call during the game that Tanaka could return in six weeks, but didnt rule out the possibility of Tommy John surgery if the right-hander doesnt respond to a rehab program. "Certainly disappointed for our player, for our organization," Cashman said. "Hes been an important piece. We have a tremendously gifted and tough player. Well see how he responds." "It is what it is," manager Joe Girardi said. "Were not going to have him for at least six weeks and thats the tough part, but Im optimistic that well have him back." Tanaka was placed on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday and had an MRI in New York, one day after his worst major league outing. He flew to Seattle on Thursday. Cashman said Tanaka saw three doctors, including Yankees head physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad, and all three agreed that a six-week rehab program was the best option at this time. "If we knew today that the best course of action was Tommy John surgery, despite the name and the amount of the investment, we would be doing Tommy John surgery," Cashman said. Girardi, looking for any positive sign, said, "Guys have had success doing this and well keep our fingers crossed. That gives you reason for optimism that hes going to pitch again for us this year." Tanaka, who is tied for the major league lead with 12 wins, allowed five runs and 10 hits -- both career highs -- over 6 2-3 innings Tuesday night in a 5-3 loss to the Indians. The All-Star is 12-4 with a 2.51 ERA in 18 starts, but has lost three of his past four outings. The injury is a huge blow to a battered Yankees rotation already was missing CC Sabathia, Ivan Nova and Michael Pineda to injuries. Tanaka had been a stabilizing ace in his first season since arriving from Japan. "Weve lost 80 per cent of it," Girardi said. "Theres really not a whole lot that you can go back and redo. Youve just got to go out and find a way." Mets ace Matt Harvey initially tried to rehab a partial tear of his ulnar collateral ligament last year before ultimately opting for Tommy John surgery. Harvey has been sidelined all season, but his rehabilitation appears to be going well. "When it comes time to trying to work through it, its a personal decision. Going down and having Tommy John surgery is a personal decision in itself. Everybody is different. No one is saying that he cant rehab and be completely fine and never have an issue again. For me, personally, it was a mental thing. It was something I didnt want to continue thinking about," Harvey said Thursday night in New York. "I would tell him to just go with what you feel. I didnt listen to anybody. I went off of my personal feelings. Its your body that you want to throw with again. If you want to go out and try not to have it, and your mind is set to that and youre 100 per cent committed to that, then more power to you. If its the other way around, then go get it done." Derek Jeter, playing his final regular-season game in Cleveland, went 2 for 4 in the 1,000th multihit game of his career. "You cant sit around and feel sorry for yourselves," he said. "Its unfortunate, its not what we planned coming out of spring training, but it gives some other guys some opportunities to step up and fill some voids. Its unfortunate but what can you do? You have to move on." Jeter was hit on the wrist by Michael Brantleys groundball RBI single in the eighth, but said he was fine. Prior to the game, the Yankees placed Carlos Beltran on the seven-day concussion list. Beltran was hit in the face with a ball that caromed off the batting cage Wednesday and broke his nose. The game did nothing to lift the Yankees spirits. New York took a 3-0 lead into the seventh, but the Indians scored four times to go ahead and blew it open with a five-run eighth. Carlos Carrasco (2-3) pitched a scoreless inning to help the Indians gain a four-game split. Ichiro Suzuki had a pinch-hit single in the eighth for his 2,800th major league hit. Zelous Wheeler hit a two-run homer in the fourth for New York. Yankees starter David Phelps took a shutout into the seventh before Chris Dickerson and Roberto Perez singled. Jason Kipnis singled off the glove of reliever Matt Thornton (0-3) to load the bases. Girardi initially thought the groundball could have been a double play if it hadnt deflected off Thorntons glove. "It happens, its a reaction," he said. "You want your pitchers to try to field balls, but that happened to be one that is the double play ball that were looking for." Yangervis Solarte, recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to replace Beltran, had an RBI single in the fifth. 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Born and raised in Toronto, Bradwell is entering his sixth CFL season, with all six played for his hometown Argonauts.EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers really had no place to go but up, however any progress in the right direction is welcome this season.Matt Hendricks scored a pair of goals as the Edmonton Oilers snapped a two-game losing skid with a 5-2 victory over the visiting New York Islanders on Sunday.Jordan Eberle, Derek Roy and Matt Fraser also scored for the Oilers (9-22-9), who won for just the third time in their past 25 games.Edmonton is, however, 2-0-2 in its last four games since interim head coach Todd Nelson took sole possession of the Oilers bench, with general manager Craig MacTavish moving back upstairs.Hendricks said there has been a noticeable difference in the team of late.Weve talked about our team game. Its been improving night in and night out, he said. The practices have been improving. There is more energy in the room right now and you can just sense that we have been knocking on the doorstep the last few games. A couple of overtime losses and a shootout win. It was a big team effort tonight and a good feeling.Eberle agreed that the Oilers seem to be getting out from under the dark cloud that has seen them sitting in last place in the NHL for the bulk of the season.Were playing a more aggressive style, he said. We have a bit better of an identity as to the way we want to play right now. Its obviously turning into some wins. When you win it gives you more confidence in playing that way.Coach Nelson was also pleased to win a game in regulation as his team had gone to extra time in its three previous outings.Its a relief, he said. It was nice to get the goal support tonight and Ben (Scrivens) was very good in net and made some very timely saves. There were a lot of really solid efforts from a number of individuals.Johnny Boychuk and Brock Nelson replied with the goals for the Islanders (26-12-1), who saw a three-game winning streak come to an end.We were slow coming out and we let them do some things they wanted to do. Give them some credit, but it was slow and out-worked and just not good enough, said Islanders captain John Tavares. It starts with me and being on for three goals against isnt acceptable either. We need a better effort than that, I dont care how good things have been going. We cant get complacent, we just didnt play very well.New York head coach Jack Capuano inferred that there were a number of players on his team that seemed to have taken a night off.I thought we had some guys that were downright pretty bad, he said. We gave them three gifts and an empty-netter. We were physical, we did a lot of good things, but at the end of the day its about execution and there are some guys that need to look in the mirror.The Islanders are, nonetheless, 7-2-1 in their last 10 games.Edmonton started the scoring with three minutes left in the first period as newly-acquired Rob Klinkhammer stole the puck from Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak behind the net and got it to Hendricks, who looped in front and deposited it into the wide-open net. It was the first time in seven games that the Islanders allowed aa first-period goal.ddddddddddddNew York had 10 shots on Oilers starter Scrivens in the opening frame, to five for Edmonton on Halak.The Oilers made it 2-0 eight seconds into the second period as Taylor Hall made a nice cross-ice pass to an unmarked Eberle, who scored his eighth of the season stick-side on Halak.The Islanders got one of those goals back on the power play four minutes into the middle frame as a Boychuk blast from the point cleanly beat Scrivens.Edmonton had a great chance to regain the two-goal lead with five minutes left in the second period after a great chance for the Islanders at the other end yielded a two-on-none break for Roy and Teddy Purcell on a crease-clearing pass from Oscar Klefbom. However, the Oilers duo passed at least one too many times on the play and missed getting a shot on goal.We really havent practised that, Roy chuckled. Well work on it tomorrow. It just bounced over my stick. I had the empty net.The shots were even at 19 apiece after 40 minutes.Edmonton took a 3-1 lead two-and-a-half minutes into the third period as Islanders defender Lubomir Visnovsky lost control of a puck and sent it in front of his own net where Roy was able to snap home his first goal as an Oiler since being acquired via a trade with Nashville.Scrivens kept the Islanders at bay with a huge glove save in tight on Tavares midway through the third.The Oilers put the game away with two-and-a-half minutes left as Hendricks scored his second of the game and fifth of the season from his knees into an empty net.Just 17 seconds later, Edmonton made it 5-1 as a Fraser shot from the top of the circle dribbled into the net after Halak got a piece of it with his glove.The Islanders were able to make the score look a little better with a power-play goal by Nelson with 30 seconds remaining- his 15th of the season.Scrivens finished with 33 saves while Halak stopped 18-of-22 shots.The Oilers play the second game of a four-game homestand on Tuesday against the Detroit Red Wings. The Islanders play the fourth game of a seven-game road trip on Tuesday in Vancouver.Notes: It was the first of two games this season between the Oilers and Islanders. New York has now lost five straight games in Edmonton, extending back to March 13, 2003… Forward Rob Klinkhammer made his debut for the Oilers after being acquired along with a 2015 first round pick from Pittsburgh for David Perron… Edmonton returned 2014 third overall draft pick Leon Draisaitl to junior on Sunday. Draisaitl, 19, tallied two goals and seven assists in 37 games as a centre for the Oilers this season. Anton Lander was called up from the AHL to take his place… Out for the Oilers were forward Tyler Pitlick (lacerated spleen) and defenceman Keith Aulie, who was serving the second of a two-game suspension… Not dressed for the Islanders were Michael Grabner (lower body) and Matt Carkner (back). The pair are both with the Islanders on their current seven-game road trip and are skating with the team, but have yet to be activated from injured reserve. ' ' '