NY Yankees 8, Minnesota 3
When: 7:05 PM ET, Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Temperature:
73°
Umpires:
Home -
Greg Gibson, 1B -
Phil Cuzzi, 2B -
Victor Carapazza, 3B -
Gerry Davis
Attendance:
40194
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Yankees 8, Twins 3: C.C. Sabathia settled down after a rocky start to strike out seven over 7 1/3 innings and beat the Twins for the seventh straight time.
Sabathia (1-1) allowed three runs, four hits and one walk and at one point retired 13 consecutive batters. He has not lost to the Twins since 2007, when he was a member of the Cleveland Indians.
Trailing 3-1 in the third, the Yankees surged ahead with a four-run rally in the bottom of the inning. The outburst was highlighted by a two-run single by Chris Stewart and a sacrifice fly from Derek Jeter.
The Yankees pounded out 13 hits, among them a solo home run by Andruw Jones, his second of the season and 422nd of his career.
Francisco Liriano (0-2) took the loss and is now 0-3 in Yankee Stadium. He was tagged for seven hits, four walks and five runs in 2 1/3 innings.
Minnesota’s Josh Willingham hit his league-leading fifth homer of the season, a long solo shot off Sabathia in the second inning.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Minnesota
|
5 |
1 |
9 |
.152 |
6 |
9 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| NY Yankees
|
13 |
1 |
20 |
.361 |
19 |
3 |
8 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
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