Yankees 0 - 4 Twins
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Twins hope to maintain success at home

Aug 11, 2008 - 1:48 PM New York (63-55) at Minnesota (65-52) 8:10 pm EDT

MINNEAPOLIS (Ticker) -- Caught up in a tight, two-team race in the American League Central, the Minnesota Twins would like nothing more than to extend their dominance at the Metrodome by ending their misery against the New York Yankees.

The Twins seek just their third win in eight tries against the Yankees on Monday when the teams begin a three-game set.

Minnesota, which has won eight straight home series and is 39-21 at the Metrodome, missed on an opportunity to complete a four-game road sweep on Sunday, falling 5-4 in 12 innings at Kansas City.

The setback stripped the Twins of first place in the AL Central from the White Sox (65-51) one day after taking over the division lead for the second time in a week. The team also lost a half-game lead on August 3, less than 24 hours after overtaking Chicago for the first time since mid-May.

In an attempt to regain the division lead, Minnesota will turn to Glen Perkins (8-3, 4.38), who will try to reverse his fortunes against the Yankees after going 0-2 with a 9.00 ERA in two career starts against them.

The lefthander did not figure into the decision in Monday's 11-6 loss to Seattle despite surrendering five runs and 12 hits over 6 1/3 innings.

He'll be opposed by former Twin Sidney Ponson (7-2, 4.23 ERA), who made seven starts with Minnesota last season. The righthander improved to 3-1 with a 4.73 ERA since joining the Yankees' rotation in June after allowing three runs and six hits over 6 1/3 innings in Wednesday's 6-3 victory over Texas.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    NY YANKEES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
    MINNESOTA 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 x 4 7 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: NYY - SIDNEY PONSON, EDWAR RAMIREZ (8TH) AND IVAN RODRIGUEZ
    MIN - GLEN PERKINS, JOE NATHAN (9TH) AND JOE MAUER

    HOME RUNS: NYY - NONE
    MIN - ADAM EVERETT (2) OFF SID

    Aug 11 10:24 PM


  • AL
    AT MINNESOTA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JUSTIN MORNEAU SCORED DENARD SPAN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J MORNEAU ON FIRST, J MAUER ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 0
    MINNESOTA 4 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: J KUBEL (.265, 1-FOR-3)

    Yankees 0, Twins 4  Bot 8, 0 OutsAug 11 10:10 PM


  • AL
    AT MINNESOTA - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY JOE MAUER SCORED DENARD SPAN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 0
    MINNESOTA 3 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: J MORNEAU (.307, 0-FOR-2)

    Yankees 0, Twins 3  Bot 6, 0 OutsAug 11 9:35 PM


  • AL
    AT MINNESOTA - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY ADAM EVERETT (2) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 2ND OFF SIDNEY PONSON SCORED BRIAN BUSCHER.
    CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 0, MINNESOTA 2
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: C GOMEZ (.255, 5 HR, 35 RBI)

    Yankees 0, Twins 2  Bot 2, 0 OutsAug 11 8:43 PM

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