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Minnesota Twins: Twins first baseman Justin Morneau will face live pitching Tuesday for the first time since being hit in the head by a pitch in Seattle on April 6.

He will be in Sarasota with the Twins' extended spring training roster and hopes to get 12 to 16 at-bats over the next three days.

Morneau, who worked out for two hours Monday at the club's minor league complex taking batting practice and fielding groundballs, expects to be back in the Twins lineup Friday in Detroit against the Tigers. That's the first day he is eligible to come off the 15-day disabled list.

"Everything feels good. That was more than I've done so far and my head doesn't bother me at all," Morneau said. "I just need to see that I'm getting my legs back so I can play nine innings. The first week I didn't do anything, and you kind of lose your legs pretty quick. You get used to standing out there for nine innings and if you don't have your legs it's hard to hit without your legs and to get good jumps on groundballs."

Los Angeles Dodgers: Pitcher Brad Penny threw six innings allowing five hits, two runs and two walks while striking out nine on 79 pitches in a rehab assignment for the Las Vegas 51s on Monday.

Penny is on the 15-day disabled list due to a nerve injury in his right biceps from last year.

"I felt really good," said Penny, who threw 59 strikes and struck out seven Colorado Springs batters. "I felt fine. I could have gone deeper. I didn't feel any fatigue."

He could make his return for the Dodgers on Sunday against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field, team officials said.

Penny pitched five innings and allowed two hits and one run last week for the Vero Beach Dodgers in his first rehab outing.

"I felt a lot better [tonight] than last week," he said. "Maybe it's because of better competition."

Los Angeles Angels: The club placed starting catcher Bengie Molina on the 15-day disabled list and recalled rookie third baseman Dallas McPherson from Triple-A Salt Lake.

Molina, hitting .323 with two homers and eight RBI in 11 games, strained his right quadriceps in the second inning of Sunday's 7-6 loss at Oakland while running from second to third base.

Jose Molina, Bengie's brother, and Josh Paul will share the catching duties for the Angels according to Scioscia, who feels that Paul is as adept to handle the pitchers as the younger Molina.

McPherson, who was 9-for-40 with three homers and six RBIs in 16 games for the Angels last September, was set to open the season as their starting third baseman after the departure of free agent Troy Glaus. But he missed most of spring training due to back spasms and was optioned to Salt Lake on March 30. He hit .308 with three homers and 14 RBIs for the Stingers.

Had Molina not been injured, McPherson probably would have spent an extra week in the minors to sharpen his swing.

New York Yankees: Tanyon Sturtze was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left oblique muscle, leaving the slumping team without a key member of their bullpen.

Left-hander Buddy Groom will be called up Tuesday from Triple-A Columbus to replace Sturtze, who is 1-0 with a 6.10 ERA in six appearances this season. He has allowed seven runs and 15 hits in 10 1-3 innings.

The addition of Groom will push the Yankees' payroll over the $200 million mark.

Sturtze, a right-handed reliever, felt some discomfort under his ribs during his last outing in Baltimore on Saturday, when he gave up four runs and five hits in one inning. He told the team about it on Sunday and probably won't be able to throw for about five days, according to manager Joe Torre.

"It's a little puffy, a little sore to the touch," Torre said.

The 39-year-old Groom will join Mike Stanton to give the Yankees two left-handers in the bullpen. Sturtze often is used in the seventh inning, ideally to hand a lead to setup man Tom Gordon and closer Mariano Rivera.

When the Yankees purchase Groom's contract from Columbus on Tuesday, it will add $850,000 to their payroll, which began the season at $199.77 million, including credits for cash transactions.

San Diego Padres: The club placed shortstop Khalil Greene on the 15-day disabled list with a fractured right ring finger and activated center fielder Dave Roberts.

The 25-year-old shortstop left Saturday's game with the Los Angeles Dodgers after one inning when he suffered the injury attempting to stop an errant throw from catcher Ramon Hernandez.

Greene, who was the Padres' first pick in the 2002 draft, was covering second base on Cesar Izturis' stolen base attempt with no outs in the bottom of the first inning. Hernandez's throw sailed to the left field side of second base and Greene stuck his right hand out to attempt to knock it down.

The Clemson University product had X-rays after leaving the game, revealing the fracture. His stint on the DL is retroactive to April 17.

Dodger Stadium has not been kind to Greene. His standout rookie season was cut short here last September 13, when he broke his right index finger fielding a grounder.

Greene hit .273 with with 15 homers and 65 RBI in 2004, finishing second to Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Jason Bay in the National League Rookie of the Year voting. Greene is hitting .242 with five RBI in 2005.

Roberts, 32, was placed on the 15-day DL on April 2 with a strained right groin. In three games at Class A Lake Elsinore, Roberts had two hits in 10 at-bats with a double and two runs scored.

Houston Astros: The team will retire the uniform number of three-time All-Star Jimmy Wynn, who spent 11 of his 15 major league seasons in Houston.

A ceremony will be held July 8 before a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, owner Drayton McLane said Monday.

Wynn, 63, played with the Astros from 1963 through 1973. He made his major league debut in Houston in 1963, was nmed team MVP in 1965 and made his first All-Star team in 1967.

Wynn ranks among Houston's all-time top 10 in several categories, including career games (1,426), at-bats (5,063), homers (223), walks (847), runs (829) and hits (1,291). He hit a career-high 37 home runs in 1967, which stood as a club record until Jeff Bagwell hit 39 in 1994.

A native of Hamilton, Ohio, Wynn earned the nickname "Toy Cannon" early in his career after proving to be a power hitter despite his 5-foot-9 frame. Most of his homers also came in the cavernous Astrodome, long before the days of hitter-friendly ballparks like Houston's Minute Maid Park.

Wynn's No. 24 jersey number will be the eighth retired by the Astros, joining Jim Umbricht's No. 32, Don Wilson's No. 40, Jose Cruz's No. 25, Mike Scott's No. 33, Nolan Ryan's No. 34, Larry Dierker's No. 49 and Jackie Robinson's No. 42.

Washington Nationals: The club put right-handed reliever Antonio Osuna on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right shoulder and called up right-hander Gary Majewski from Triple-A New Orleans.

Osuna's move is retroactive to April 11, a day after he allowed four runs in two-thirds of an inning at Florida. He made four appearances, giving up 11 runs in just 2 1/3 innings for a 42.43 ERA.

Majewski, 25, has made three appearances in relief at New Orleans this season, allowing three runs in 6 1/3 innings for a 4.26 ERA. He went 1-1 with a 4.61 ERA for the Nationals in spring training and was one of the last players cut by the team before heading north.

Cincinnati Reds: The club called up right-handed reliever Todd Coffey to take the roster spot of starter Ramon Ortiz.

Coffey, 24, had two saves for Triple-A Louisville when he got his first promotion to the majors. He'll take the bullpen spot vacated by right-hander Matt Belisle, who is in the rotation while Ortiz recovers from a strained groin.

Ortiz went on the 15-day disabled list Sunday, when he had pain and soreness in the groin a day after throwing off a bullpen mound.

Colorado Rockies: The team placed left-hander Bobby Seay on the 15-day disabled list, replacing him with right-hander Jose Acevedo.

Seay bruised a pectoral muscle on his left side while playing catch before Sunday's game against San Francisco. He appeared in three games, allowing a hit and a run in two innings, after being acquired from Tampa Bay in a trade for minor league outfielder Reggie Taylor on April 8.

Acevedo came to Colorado in an April 9 trade with Cincinnati that sent right-hander Allan Simpson to the Reds. He was optioned to Triple-A Colorado Springs right after the trade and allowed a run and three hits in four innings for the Sky Sox.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.