The New York Yankees defeated the
Minnesota Twins on Saturday afternoon.
The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the
final score was 3-1. Tanaka started and
pitched very well. Brett Gardner, Derek
Jeter, Brian McCann and Kelly Johnson each had two hits and Yangervis Solarte
had three hits.
Tanaka pitched eight innings giving
up one unearned run. He gave up four
hits and two walks and struck out nine.
David Robertson pitched an inning picking up his 12th save and he struck
out the side.
Kevin Correia pitched six innings
giving up nine hits and a run with a walk and three strikeouts. Brian Duensing lost his second game of the
season pitching 1 1/3 innings and giving up two hits and two runs with two
walks and two strikeouts. Jared Burton
pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and striking out one.
Gardner had two hits, Jeter had two
hits and Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit and drew a walk. Brian Roberts drew a walk, McCann had two
hits and an RBI and Alfonso Soriano drew a walk. Solarte had three hits and an RBI, Johnson
had two hits and an RBI and Jeter hit a double.
McCann hit two doubles and Solarte hit a homerun. the Yankees were 3-9 with runners in scoring
position and left nine men on base.
Ellsbury had a stolen base, Johnson, Soriano and Solarte each committed
an error.
Eduardo Escobar had two hits, Josh
Willingham had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Trevor Plouffe had a hit. Josmil Pinto drew a walk and the Twins were
1-8 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Pinto committed an error and Oswaldo Arcia
had an outfield assist again.
In the first Willingham had an RBI
single to give the Twins a 1-0 lead. In
the fourth Solarte hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one. McCann hit an RBI double in the eighth and
Johnson hit an RBI single giving the Yankees a 3-1 lead and that would be the
final score. The two teams have split
their first two games and will play the rubber game of the three game set on
Sunday afternoon.
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