The New York Yankees win third straight 2-0 over the Minnesota Twins

The New York Yankees win third straight 2-0 over the Minnesota Twins


The New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. The final score was 2-0 and the game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. Hiroki Kuroda started and pitched well and the pen was great. Brett Gardner and Robinson Cano had an RBI for the Yankees.

Kuroda pitched five innings giving up no runs on six hits. He walked two and struck out five and won his eighth game of the season. Preston Claiborne pitched an inning giving up two hits and struck out one, Boone Logan pitched an inning striking out the sides and David Robertson pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts. Mariano Rivera saved his 30th game of the season pitching a perfect inning with a strikeout. Rivera set the all-time mark with 15 seasons of at least 30 saves passing Trevor Hoffman.

Brett Gardner had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Ichiro Suzuki drew a walk and Robinson Cano had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks. Vernon Wells had a hit and drew a walk, Lyle Overbay had two hits and drew a walk and Luis Cruz had a hit. Wells hit a double and the Yankees were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. Gardner had a stolen base and Cano was picked off.

Scott Diamond pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up a hit and no runs. He walked three and struck out one. Ryan Pressly pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a strikeout. Pressly lost his second game of the season, Brian Duensing pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a walk, Jared Burton pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two walks and a strikeout and Casey Fien pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out two.

Dozier had two hits, Joe Mauer had two hits and drew a walk and Justin Morneau had a hit and drew a walk. Trevor Plouffe had two hits, Florimon had a hit and Dozier and Mauer each hit a double. The Twins were 0-12 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base. Hicks had an outfield assist and Duensing had a pickoff.

In the fifth inning the Yankees scored the only two runs of the game. Gardner had an RBI single and Cano hit an RBI single. The Yankees pitching held the Twins off the board and preserved the 2-0 lead.

The Yankees have now won three straight and improved their record to 51-42. The Twins record fell to 37-53. The two teams will play game two of their three game series on Saturday afternoon.