The soreness went away but reappeared after his most recent start in Detroit last Wednesday.
In his three most recent starts, he had lasted seven innings.
His most recent start was Sunday against the Pittsburgh Pirates, a game he lost, 3-0.
Gee held a 3-0 record and a 0.96 earned run average against the Nationals entering his most recent start.
He felt some pain in his ankle during his most recent start on July 19, but tests were negative.
In his most recent start, against the Mets on Friday night, Mussina threw three home run pitches.
"The stakes were high," Girardi said of their two most recent starts, "and they came up big".
Since Radar, a monthly, had made its debut in 2003, it had started and stopped several times, with the most recent start-up in early 2007.
Bothered by an ingrown toenail, Hitchcock has made only two starts subsequently, allowing four runs in five innings in his most recent start on July 25.
Also under consideration for the Preakness is the Chicago-based Street Spice, who finished a troubled fifth in the Illinois Derby in his most recent start.
It is unlikely to crumble like Netscape, the most recent start-up to vie to become a new platform, since hypervisors are much harder to replace than browsers.
