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Detroit Tigers: Outfielder Magglio Ordonez sat out Detroit's game against Cleveland on Friday night and could be sidelined all weekend with a viral infection.

Ordonez, who missed several games at the end of spring training, played in Monday's opener but left Wednesday's game after four innings with dizziness. He did not play Thursday.

"After battling through this, I think the most important part is to get him healthy," Tigers manager Alan Trammell said. "Then, if he's healthy and a little rusty, I think he can work through that. Having the combination of being rusty and still hurting, that's a terrible combination."

Ordonez, who was limited to 52 games for the White Sox last year by knee problems, took batting practice on Friday and hopes to play on Saturday or Sunday.

"I'm much better," he said. "But I want to be 100 percent."

Trammell said it would probably be Sunday before he uses Ordonez, who signed a five-year, $75 million contract with the Tigers in the offseason. However, with the Tigers off on Monday, he said he would consider sitting him until Tuesday's game in Minnesota.

Atlanta Braves: Second baseman Marcus Giles returned to Atlanta's lineup, just three days after a knee injury that originally appeared as if it would keep him out for weeks or months.

Giles jammed his left knee on a late slide into second base in Tuesday's opener in Florida and then returned to Atlanta to have fluid drained from the knee Wednesday.

He began to focus on returning to the lineup in Friday night's home opener when an MRI exam showed he had only a deep bone bruise and no ligament or cartilage damage.

Giles, who batted second Friday night, said he can put up with some discomfort as long as he knows he doesn't have to worry about making the injury worse by playing.

"I can't say it doesn't hurt, but nothing is going to happen structurally by playing," Giles said.

Minnesota Twins: First baseman Justin Morneau was held out of Minnesota's lineup because of dizziness two days after he was hit in the head by a pitch.

Morneau was beaned in the eighth inning of Minnesota's game at Seattle on Wednesday. He was cleared to fly home, and a precautionary CT scan showed no damage.

But he felt lightheaded and a little dizzy before the Twins' home opener against the White Sox, and manager Ron Gardenhire didn't want to take any chances.

"Everybody assures me that he's OK, but I'm not putting him out there like that if he's having any problems at all," said Gardenhire, who didn't rule out using Morneau as a pinch-hitter.

New York Mets: Outfielder Mike Cameron was put on the 15-day disabled list by the club, which recalled pitcher Aaron Heilman from Triple-A Norfolk.

Cameron missed the season-opening series at Cincinnati after a cortisone shot Saturday for tendinitis in the left wrist. He had surgery on Dec. 17 to repair damaged cartilage in the wrist.

"We just didn't want to take a chance of him tweaking it, so we might as well put him on the DL and just rest it for this weekend," Mets manager Willie Randolph said. "I think at this point with the tendinitis, it's probably just a matter of rest. I think it's a good move just to give him some rest right now. And when he's ready to come off, hopefully, he'll be 100 percent. When you're 100 percent, you don't have to think about it."

With the offseason acquisition of center fielder Carlos Beltran, Cameron had been expected to open the season as the starter in right field. Eric Valent started in right field Friday night.

Heilman had been scheduled to pitch for Norfolk and instead will start for the Mets on Saturday night against Atlanta. Heilman, 26, was 1-3 with a 5.46 ERA in five starts last season for the Mets and 7-10 with a 4.33 ERA for Norfolk.

Seattle Mariners: Left-hander Bobby Madritsch will have a second MRI test because he's still experiencing discomfort in his throwing shoulder.

Madritsch came out of Seattle's game Wednesday against the Twins with a strained shoulder and was examined by Dr. Larry Pedegana before Friday night's game against Texas.

Madritsch, the Mariners' third starter, had his first MRI exam Thursday. He will have his second Saturday and the results will be known Sunday.

Manager Mike Hargrove said Ryan Franklin, who started for Seattle last season, will probably take Madritsch's place if he can't start Monday at Kansas City.

Washington Nationals: The club purchased the contract of infielder Carlos Baerga from Triple-A New Orleans.

The switch-hitting Baerga is a three-time All-Star who had 33 pinch-hits with the Diamondbacks the previous two years.

He hit .229 with an RBI in 19 spring training games with Washington. He was in uniform, wearing No. 5, for Friday night's game against the Marlins.

San Diego Padres: Eric Young was placed on the 60-day disabled list, a day after dislocating his right shoulder making a catch against the center field fence.

Young, 37, was hurt making a leaping catch of Jason Bay's fly ball for the final out of the first inning of the Padres' home opener against the Pirates. The Padres won 1-0 in 12 innings.

The Padres announced Thursday night that Young had separated his shoulder, but assistant trainer Jim Daniel said Friday that it was a dislocation.

Young must keep his arm in a sling for three weeks. Daniel said the Padres won't know if Young needs surgery until after he's out of the sling.

Young, an infielder-outfielder signed as a free agent on Dec. 9, played in three games, batting .333 with a double and two RBI.

To fill his roster spot, the Padres purchased the contract of infielder Jesse Garcia from Triple-A Portland. Garcia, 31, hit .351 in spring games. Garcia went 0-for-4 Thursday night in Portland's opener against the Sacramento Rivercats. Over parts of six major-league seasons with the Orioles and Braves, Garcia has a career batting average of .224 with three home runs and 19 RBI in 155 games.

Colorado Rockies-Tampa Bay Devil Rays: The Rockies acquired left-handed reliever Bobby Seay from the Devil Rays in exchange for minor-league outfielder Reggie Taylor.

Seay was expected to join the Rockies on Saturday in San Francisco. The team did not immediately say who would be bumped from the roster to make room.

Seay has a 3.53 ERA and a 1-1 record over 44 2/3 innings in 45 major-league appearances.

Taylor competed for a position in Colorado's outfield during spring training, hitting .265 in 13 games. He was reassigned to team's farm camp on March 26 but was not listed on the roster of any of the Rockies' minor-league clubs Friday.

Rays' Johnson on restricted list: Former All-Star Charles Johnson was placed on the restricted list without pay, two days after requesting a leave of absence to handle a personal matter.

Tim Laker was promoted from Triple-A Durham to back up catcher Toby Hall.

Johnson signed a one-year contract with Tampa Bay on Monday, less than a week after he was traded to Boston as part of a deal that sent reliever Byung-Hyun Kim to Colorado. The Red Sox immediately designated him for assignment and released him.

The four-time Gold Glove winner declined to discuss his reason for leaving the team, asking reporters to respect his privacy. He issued a brief statement Wednesday, saying he was going home to Miami and hoped to rejoin the Devil Rays as soon as possible.

General manager Chuck LaMar granted the leave but said if Johnson didn't return before Friday night's game against Oakland, the 33-year-old catcher would be placed on the restricted list without pay.

The Devil Rays pursued a possible trade for Johnson during the offseason and felt fortunate to get him. They only have to pay $316,000 of his $9 million salary, while the Rockies and Red Sox pay the remainder.