Yankees 2 - 4 Twins
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Yankees wrap up dismal road trip vs. Twins

Aug 13, 2008 - 10:07 AM NY Yankees (64-56) at Minnesota (66-53) 1:10 pm. EDT

MINNEAPOLIS (Ticker) -- The New York Yankees were able to overcome a rare blown save by Mariano Rivera and will look to close out a disappointing road trip on a high note against the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday.

Rivera had converted a career-best 28 straight saves before allowing a game-tying, three-run homer to Delmon Young in the eighth inning on Tuesday.

"I made a mistake, the ball caught too much of the plate," Rivera said. "I was thinking, hopefully it goes foul. It didn't go foul. So we have to battle and preserve the tie game."

The future Hall of Famer was bailed out when Alex Rodriguez and Xavier Nady homered in a three-run 12th to lead the Yankees to a 9-6 win. New York, which snapped a four-game skid, is 2-7 on its current 10-game road trip.

The Yankees hope to end the journey by beating up on Kevin Slowey (8-8, 4.07 ERA), again. New York has rocked the righthander for nine runs and 13 hits in nine innings. However, Slowey is coming off a solid outing in which he allowed one run and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings of a 4-1 victory over Kansas City on Friday.

New York counters with Darrell Rasner (5-8, 5.28), who is back in the rotation after a stint in the bullpen. Rasner allowed three runs and five hits in 4 1/3 innings of relief in a loss to Anaheim on Friday. He is 1-4 with a 6.82 ERA in his last six starts.








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

    BATTERIES: NYY - DARRELL RASNER, DAN GIESE (6TH), DAVID ROBERTSON (6TH), BILLY
    TRABER (8TH), BRIAN BRUNEY (8TH) AND IVAN RODRIGUEZ
    MIN - KEVIN SLOWEY, CRAIG BRESLOW (7TH), DEN

    Aug 13 4:18 PM


  • AL
    AT MINNESOTA - SCORING UPDATE
    WILD PITCH BY DENNYS REYES ALLOWED IVAN RODRIGUEZ TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B ABREU ON FIRST, W BETEMIT ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 2
    MINNESOTA 4 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: A RODRIGUEZ (.313, 1-FOR-3)

    Yankees 2, Twins 4  Top 8, 0 OutsAug 13 3:48 PM


  • AL
    AT MINNESOTA - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY BRIAN BUSCHER SCORED JOE MAUER.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J KUBEL ON FIRST, J MORNEAU ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 1
    MINNESOTA 4 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: R RUIZ (.385, 1-FOR-2)

    Yankees 1, Twins 4  Bot 6, 0 OutsAug 13 3:17 PM


  • AL
    AT MINNESOTA - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY DELMON YOUNG (7) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH
    1 OUT IN THE 4TH OFF DARRELL RASNER SCORED JOE MAUER AND JUSTIN
    MORNEAU.
    CURRENT SCORE: NY YANKEES 1, MINNESOTA 3
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: B BUSCHER (.305, 0-FOR-1)

    Yankees 1, Twins 3  Bot 4, 0 OutsAug 13 2:19 PM


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

    CURRENT PITCHERS: NYY - DARRELL RASNER
    MIN - KEVIN SLOWEY

    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: D SPAN (.309, 2 HR, 18 RBI)
    B HARRIS (.265, 6 HR, 40 RBI)
    J MAUER (.316, 7 HR, 56 RBI)

    Yankees 1, Twins 0  Bot 1, 0 OutsAug 13 1:18 PM

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