The New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins on
Sunday afternoon. The game took place at
Century Link Sports Complex in Fort Myers, Florida and the final score was
6-4. Ivan Nova started and didn't pitch
very well. Ronald Torreyes led the
Yankees offense with a couple of hits.
Nova pitched 4 1/3 innings giving
up five hits and four runs with three walks and two strikeouts. Bryan Mitchell pitched 2 2/3 innings giving
up no hits and no runs with two strikeouts, Anthony Swarzak pitched an inning
giving up a hit and Johnny Barbato pitched an inning with a strikeout.
Brett Gardner had an RBI and drew a
walk, Dustin Fowler had a hit and Aaron Hicks had an RBI and drew a walk. Cesar Puello had a hit and an RBI, Brian
McCann had an RBI and Chase Headley had a hit.
Deibinson Romero drew a walk, Eddy Rodriguez had a hit and an RBI and
Pete Kozma drew a walk. Torreyes had two
hits, Headley and Rodriguez each hit a double and Puello hit a homerun. The Yankees were 1-9 with runners in scoring
position and left five men on base.
Gamel had a stolen base and Hicks had an outfield assist.
In the second Eduardo Escobar had
an RBI groundout to give the Twins a 1-0 lead.
John Ryan Murphy hit an RBI groundout to make it 2-0. In the third Gardner drew an RBI walk and
Hicks hit a sac fly to tie the game at two.
McCann hit an RBI groundout and the Yankees had a 3-2 lead all in the
third inning. In the fifth the Yankees
scored on a balk to push the lead to 4-2.
The Twins tied the game in the bottom of the fourth on a Mauer two run
single. Puello hit a solo homerun in the
eighth and Rodriguez hit an RBI double to give the Yankees a 6-4 lead and that
would be the final score.
The Yankees will have off on Monday
and then take on the New York Mets on Tuesday night in Tampa. They are now 8-9 on the spring with a couple
of ties.
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