The Minnesota Twins took on the the New York Yankees yesterday at New Yankee Stadium with the Twins coming out on top 6 to 3. It was a solid match that aficionados with Twins tickets won’t soon forget.
Twins pitcher Nick Blackburn (4.63 ERA) got the win, while Joba Chamberlain (3.63 ERA) took the loss for the Yankees. Nick Blackburn went 7 solid innings for the Twins, allowed 9 hits, no home runs and 3 earned runs with one walk and 4 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Twins was Brian Duensing (1.84), and Matt Guerrier (2.12). The Yankees’s starter Sergio Mitre went 5 innings, allowed 4 hits, one home run and one earned run with one walk and 3 strikeouts. David Robertson (8.49), Mariano Rivera (1.59), and Ivan Nova (0.00) also pitched for the Yankees. With the win, Blackburn’s record goes to 4-1, while Chamberlain is at 1-2. Jon Rauch earned the save for the Twins, bringing his saves up to 10.
Jason Kubel provided much of the offense for the Twins with an incredible 4 runs batted in. In addition to the 6 runs, the Twins scored 9 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Twins, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. Justin Morneau had a tough day at the plate, leaving 4 runners on base. The Yankees didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. Brett Gardner could not get much going at the plate as he left 4 runners on base. The Yankees scored 3 runs, 11 hits and no errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Tim Tschida, Bob Davidson, Alfonso Marquez and Tim Timmons. There were 46,628 Yankees ticket holders in attendance at New Yankee Stadium.
The win puts the Twins at a record of -, ( games behind first place in the division), while the loss brings the Yankees to -, ( games behind the division leader). Next up for the Twins are the (-) at the Blue Jays’s Rogers Centre. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for tickets because that game should be a good one. The Yankees will next take on the (-) at New Yankee Stadium in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your tickets today and see it all live.