Mike Mussina and Carl Pavano joined fellow Yankees starter Chien-Ming Wang on the disabled list Sunday, further depleting New York's already taxed pitching staff.

"Nobody wants that," Mussina said after cutting short his throwing session because of pain in his injured left hamstring. "We don't have a choice. You just find a way to get through it and deal with it. It's unfortunate. ... Nobody's having surgery. A couple of muscle pulls, a strain ---- we'll be fine."

After a pair of extra-inning games Friday and Saturday against Oakland, the Yankees called up right-hander Chris Britton from Triple-A Scranton to give them a fresh arm in the bullpen for Sunday's series finale against the Athletics.

New York manager Joe Torre said the club was discussing a couple of possibilities to take Pavano's turn in the rotation Tuesday against the Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium. Left-hander Chase Wright was thought to be the leading candidate to be called up from the minors.

"It's OK," Torre said. "We're above water. That's the main thing. We're holding our own. We're going to get healthy. It's not anything that's going to debilitate anybody for a long time. We have to hang around."

Pavano was scratched Friday from his scheduled start Saturday with tightness in his forearm, while Mussina has a strained hamstring that he injured three batters into the third inning Wednesday in a 5-1 loss to the Minnesota Twins. Mussina tried to throw off the mound Sunday morning but stopped after only seven pitches. Pavano didn't throw his scheduled bullpen.

Colon finishes rehab

Bartolo Colon appeared to be in midseason form.

The Los Angeles Angels right-hander, working his way back from a torn rotator cuff that sidelined him for the final two months last season, threw seven shutout innings for Triple-A Salt Lake against Las Vegas in a final rehab tuneup.

Colon allowed three hits, walking one and striking out three. He threw 95 pitches, 68 for strikes.

He was scheduled to start for the Angels on Friday against Seattle in the opener of a three-game series at Anaheim.

Et cetera

INDIANS: The team has asked Major League Baseball for permission to have its players wear Larry Doby's No. 14 on July 5 in Detroit to commemorate the six decades since he became the American League's first black player.

BLUE JAYS: Placed closer B.J. Ryan on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained elbow, a day after he blew his second save in his last four chances. Ryan is to be examined by Dr. James Andrews in Alabama today.

ROCKIES: Placed IF Kazuo Matsui on the 15-day disabled list because of back spasms.

CUBS: Reliever Scott Eyre was expected to be released from the hospital Sunday after spending a night there with flu-like symptoms.