For Alex, more trouble afoot

MINNEAPOLIS — As if things weren’t going badly enough, Alex Rodriguez can add a bruised left foot to his list of recent troubles. A-Rod fouled a ball off his foot in his final at-bat Tuesday, and although he remained in the game, he was sporting a huge ice pack on his foot afterward. With the Yankees a nd Twins slated for a 12:10 loca l start Wednesday, A-Rod was hopeful he would be back in the lineup.

“We’ll see how I wake up in the morning,” he said. “Should be OK.”

Rodriguez finished the game 0-for-4 with two strikeouts, giving him a .233 average (10-for43) with no extra-base hits over his past 10 games. He has struck out 15 times and walked only twice during that stretch.

“He hit two balls pretty decent today. He hit the ball to right-center, he grounded out hard to short,” Joe Girardi said. “It’s just what you go through as a hitter. You’re not going to be perfect every day. If they were, they’d hit .400 or .500 during the course of the season.”

BEEN A LONG TIME

David Aardsma was activated from the 60-day disabled list.

Aardsma hasn’t pitched in t he major s since September of 2010, undergoing hip surgery and Tommy John surgery in 2011. He signed a $500,000 deal with the Yankees this spring with a club option for 2013, but now he has a shot to pitch this season. ... Mark Teixeira worked out again i n Tampa on Tuesday, but he took a scheduled day off from running as he rehabs his strained lef t calf. He went through his circuit of fielding and hitting drills and will try running again on Wednesday.