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By Nick Ziegler (@Ziggy26x)
July 14th, 2013
Minnesota Twins vs New York Yankees
Post Game Recap
Final Score: Twins 10 Yankees 4
The New York Yankees lost the rubber
game of their series at home against the Minnesota Twins on Sunday
afternoon in the final game before the All-Star break. The loss moves
the Yankees to (51-44), which is six games behind the Boston Red Sox
for first place in the AL East.
The Twins wasted little time getting to
Yankees Starter C.C. Sabathia, who got his eighth loss of the season.
A two-out rally in the second inning got the Twins a quick 2-0 lead
on the Yankees, as Jamie Carroll and Pedro Florimon both had RBI
singles. The third inning was tough for the Yankees on defense, which
didn’t help Sabathia, who should have been well out of the inning
before he allowed a three-run home run to Aaron Hicks, which was his
eighth of the season, making it a 5-0 game. A bad fourth inning would
end Sabathia's day, as the Twins got three more runs on Morneau
infield single, which scored Carroll, and then an error by Lyle
Overbay allowed to more runs to score. Sabathia went just four
innings allowing eight runs, three of which were earned on eight hits
and two walks.
Twins rookie Kyle Gibson did a pretty
good job in his first start at Yankees Stadium, as he earned his
second career win. The Yankees got to Gibson for the first time in
the third inning, as a Robinson Cano singled scored Ichiro Suzuki,
which was his 65th RBI of the season. In the fourth inning
the Yankees got a few more runs off Gibson on two fielders choices,
that allowed Overbay and Eduardo Nunez to score. Gibson went five
innings allowing three runs, two of which were earned on five hits
and four walks.
The final run the Yankees would score
in this game came in the seventh inning, when Ichiro hit a solo-home
run off Caleb Theilbar, which was his sixth homerun of the season.
After a short start from Sabathia the
Yankees bullpen was put in a tough position, but in the final five
innings of the game they only allowed two runs to score. The ninth
run of the game for the Twins they got off of Adam Warren, as Brian
Dozier doubled home Florimon, and then they would get their final run
of the game in the ninth inning off of Joba Chamberlain, when Trevor
Plouffe scored on a passed ball.
The Yankees will have a few days off
for the All-Star break besides Mariano Rivera and Robinson Cano, who
are the only Yankees that will be on the team. When they get back
into action on Friday it will be a tough test against the rival Red
Sox, as Andy Pettitte (7-6, 4.39) will be facing Felix Doubront (6-3,
3.91).
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