Ordonez gets an apology from umpire

Umpire Paul Schrieber apologized yesterday for making contact with Tigers slugger Magglio Ordonez during a confrontation Wednesday night. In the seventh inning against Minnesota, Schreiber called Ordonez out on strikes. Ordonez argued that the pitch was low. As Schrieber spoke to him, the umpire placed his hand on Ordonez's back and steered him toward the dugout . . . The Tigers placed lefthanded reliever Nate Robertson on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 6 with a muscle strain in his lower back . . . The Dodgers purchased the contract of veteran lefthander Eric Milton from Triple A Albuquerque, and the 33-year-old will start tomorrow against the Marlins . . . The Astros placed righthanded reliever Geoff Geary (1-3, 8.10 ERA) on the 15-day DL with right biceps tendinitis . . . Rangers closer Frank Francisco, who's been out since May 6 with right biceps tendinitis, played catch from about 60 feet, and will have another throwing session before getting on a mound . . . Former Yankees catcher Jim Leyritz, who is awaiting trial in Florida on DUI manslaughter charges, phoned a friend in New Jersey this week threatening suicide, according to Davie, Fla., police. Leyritz checked himself into a psychiatric ward at a Hollywood, Fla., hospital Wednesday night after being taken there by Davie police. The 45-year-old faces an upcoming trial in Fort Lauderdale in the December 2007 crash that killed a woman.