Jacoby Ellsbury sat out Saturday's game with a mild hamstring strain, but the New York Yankees outfielder still hopes to return this season.

"I'm going to do everything I can to be back as soon as possible but today I'm just basically going to do as much treatment as possible to see how it responds," Ellsbury said.

Ellsbury left Friday night's 5-3 win against the Toronto Blue Jays in the fifth inning with a hamstring strain suffered while he was running out a grounder in the bottom of the fourth.

The Yankees have eight games left in the regular season and are 4.5 games out of the Wild Card race.