Arlington, Texas ? Johnny Damon was out of the New York Yankees lineup Tuesday night, missing his second straight game in Texas because of a sore back.

Damon was initially scratched from the starting lineup Monday after his back stiffened getting out of a car. Manager Joe Torre isn’t sure when his center fielder will return.

“It’s not out of there, unfortunately,” Torre said before Tuesday’s game. “He had no problems sleeping last night because I guess he took a muscle relaxer. He was getting worked on (before the game) so at that point I decided not to try it tonight.”

Torre said trainers were massaging Damon’s back in hopes of readjusting and relaxing it.