Yankees 7, 
Twins 2
| W: | C. Sabathia (1-0) |
| L: | B. Duensing (0-1) |
| Minnesota Twins | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP |
| D Span CF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .400 | .400 |
| O Cabrera SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | .400 | .400 |
| J Mauer C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .500 | .500 |
| M Cuddyer 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .250 | .250 |
| J Kubel RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .000 | .000 |
| D Young LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .000 | .000 |
| B Harris DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .250 | .250 |
| M Tolbert 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .000 | .250 |
| N Punto 2B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | .667 | .750 |
| Totals | 36 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 163 | ||
| BATTING 2B: D Span (1, C Sabathia); J Mauer (1, C Sabathia) RBI: M Cuddyer (1) 2-out RBI: M Cuddyer GIDP: D Span Twins RISP: 1-9 (O Cabrera 0-3, J Mauer 0-2, J Kubel 0-1, D Span 0-1, M Cuddyer 1-2) Team LOB: 9 | |||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: O Cabrera (1, 2nd base off C Sabathia/J Posada) | |||||||||
| FIELDING E: M Cuddyer (1, ground ball) DP: 1 (M Tolbert-N Punto-M Cuddyer). | |||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| B Duensing (L, 0-1) | 4.2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 79-59 | 9.64 |
| F Liriano | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 35-19 | 4.50 |
| J Rauch | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9-3 | 0.00 |
| R Mahay | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14-9 | 0.00 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 137-90 | |
| PITCHING WP: B Duensing First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Duensing 16/22; F Liriano 4/8; J Rauch 1/3; R Mahay 3/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Duensing 11-9-21-18; F Liriano 6-1-6-6; J Rauch 1-0-0-2; R Mahay 3-2-2-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Duensing 6-5; F Liriano 3-2; J Rauch 1-0; R Mahay 1-1 Game Scores: B Duensing 32 | |||||||||
| New York Yankees | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP |
| D Jeter SS | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| J Damon LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .250 | .250 |
| M Teixeira 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .000 | .000 |
| A Rodriguez 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .500 | .500 |
| H Matsui DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .333 | .500 |
| J Posada C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .250 | .250 |
| R Cano 2B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .000 | .000 |
| N Swisher RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .250 | .250 |
B Gardner CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
| M Cabrera CF-RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .250 | .250 |
| Totals | 33 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 137 | ||
| BATTING 2B: N Swisher (1, B Duensing) HR: D Jeter (1, 3rd inning off B Duensing 1 on, 1 Out); H Matsui (1, 5th inning off F Liriano 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: D Jeter 2 (2), N Swisher (1), A Rodriguez 2 (2), H Matsui 2 (2) 2-out RBI: N Swisher, A Rodriguez 2, H Matsui 2 GIDP: M Teixeira Yankees RISP: 3-8 (D Jeter 1-1, M Teixeira 0-2, A Rodriguez 2-3, M Cabrera 0-1, J Posada 0-1) Team LOB: 5 | |||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (A Rodriguez-R Cano-M Teixeira). PB: J Posada 2. | |||||||||
| New York Yankees | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| C Sabathia (W, 1-0) | 6.2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 113-71 | 1.35 |
| P Hughes (H, 1) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24-16 | 0.00 |
| P Coke | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0.00 |
| J Chamberlain | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-1 | 0.00 |
| M Rivera | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23-13 | 0.00 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 163-102 | |
| PITCHING WP: C Sabathia HBP: M Tolbert (By C Sabathia) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: C Sabathia 15/28; P Hughes 2/3; P Coke 1/1; J Chamberlain 0/1; M Rivera 1/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: C Sabathia 15-22-16-18; P Hughes 2-4-9-1; P Coke 0-0-0-1; J Chamberlain 0-0-0-1; M Rivera 4-1-6-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Sabathia 5-7; P Hughes 0-0; P Coke 0-1; J Chamberlain 1-0; M Rivera 1-0 Game Scores: C Sabathia 60 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| MIN | NYY | |||
 | 3rd | M Cuddyer singled to right, O Cabrera scored, J Mauer to third. | 1 | 0 |
| 3rd | J Mauer scored, M Cuddyer to second on passed ball by J Posada. | 2 | 0 |
 | 3rd | D Jeter homered to left, M Cabrera scored. | 2 | 2 |
| 4th | N Swisher doubled to left, R Cano scored. | 2 | 3 |
| 5th | A Rodriguez singled to left center, D Jeter scored. | 2 | 4 |
| 5th | H Matsui homered to center, A Rodriguez scored. | 2 | 6 |
| 7th | A Rodriguez singled to deep right, D Jeter scored. | 2 | 7 |
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| Game Information | |
| Stadium | Yankee Stadium, New York, NY |
| Attendance | 49,464 (94.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:38 |
| Weather | 62 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 24 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Tim Tschida, First Base - Chuck Meriwether, Second Base - Mark Wegner, Third Base - Paul Emmel |
MLB Scores
Wednesday, October 7th
| Colorado | 1 | Final |
| Philadelphia | 5 |
| Minnesota | 2 | Final |
| NY Yankees | 7 |
| St. Louis | 3 | Final |
| LA Dodgers | 5 |