The New York Yankees comeback for a thrilling win over the Minnesota Twins

The New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 8-4 Yankees.  CC Sabathia started and pitched ok, Andrew Miller was great out of the pen.  Alex Rodriguez hit a grand slam to propel the Yankees and Greg Bird, Chase Headley, Jacoby Ellsbury and Carlos Beltran each had two hits. 

Sabathia pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up four runs on five hits with three walks and five strikeouts.  Nick Rumbelow won his first major league game by pitching 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one, Justin Wilson pitched to two batters and retired them both and Andrew Miller pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out three and earned his 27th save of the season. 

Mike Pelfrey pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up five hits and a run with a walk and four strikeouts.  Ryan O'Rourke pitched an inning giving up a hit and three runs with two walks and a strikeout, J.R. Graham pitched an inning giving up five hits and four runs with a strikeout and A.J. Achter pitched to two batters retiring them both and had one strikeout. 

Ellsbury had two hits and an RBI, Brett Gardner had a hit and drew a walk and Rodriguez had a hit and four RBI.  Brian McCann drew a walk, Beltran had two hits and Bird had two hits and an RBI.  Didi Gregorius had a hit, Headley had two hits and two RBI and Brendan Ryan drew a walk.  Ellsbury, Beltran and Headley each hit a double and Rodriguez hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 4-11 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Ellsbury had a stolen base and Gardner had an outfield assist. 

Joe Mauer drew a walk, Miguel Sano had a hit and two RBI and Trevor Plouffe drew a walk.  Eduardo Escobar had three hits, Kurt Suzuki had two hits and an RBI and Shane Robinson had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Suzuki and Escobar each hit a double and Sano hit a homerun.  The Twins were 2-4 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. 

In the fourth Bird hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the fifth Suzuki hit an RBI double to tie the game at one.  In the seventh Sano hit a two run homerun and it was 3-1 Twins.  Robinson hit an RBI single to push the Twins lead to 4-1.  In the seventh Rodriguez hit a grand-slam to make it 5-4 Yankees.  In the bottom of the eighth Headley hit a two run double to make it 7-4 Yankees and Ellsbury hit an RBI single to make it 8-4 Yankees which was the final score.  The Yankees will look for the three game sweep on Wednesday afternoon.