05/18: Yanks Bust out the Brooms vs. Twins
Posted by: Seamus
The Yankees got their first legitimate series sweep of the season (they did take two from the A's, but a game was rained out) as they put down the Twins for the fourth straight game, this time winning by a score of 7–6. The Yanks have now won six in a row and five straight by one run. The victory keeps the Yankees within 4.5 games of division-leading Toronto.
Mark Texeira homered from both sides of the plate, and is now 11 for his last 24 (.458) over his last six games. Alex Rodriguez homered for the third straight game and Melky Cabrera had two hits as did Robinson Cano, who got his average back over the .300 mark.
Andy Pettitte allowed 12 hits in 6 and 2/3, but was able to hold the Twins to just four runs and kept his team in the game. The bullpen had a few hiccups (2 runs in 2 and 1/3), but Phil Coke was finally able to retire the Twins in the 9th after allowing a run in the inning.
Man, this is probably going to be a rough flight out of the Bronx for the Twins. I don't know what can be more demoralizing than going into Yankee Stadium for a four-game series and losing all four by one run, three of them on walk-off hits.
The Yankees will welcome the Baltimore Orioles into the new ballpark for the first time tomorrow night. CC Sabathia will look to dominate the Birds again and he'll be faced by Brad Bergesen. Game starts at 7:05 ET.
Recap records: Patrick: 11–5, Seamus: 8–8, Andrew: 2–4
EDIT: I should note that I made a bit of an oops earlier. I had said that the Yanks won all four games by one run, but in fact A-Rod's walk-off homer was a two-run shot so they won Saturday's game by a score of 6–4.
Mark Texeira homered from both sides of the plate, and is now 11 for his last 24 (.458) over his last six games. Alex Rodriguez homered for the third straight game and Melky Cabrera had two hits as did Robinson Cano, who got his average back over the .300 mark.
Andy Pettitte allowed 12 hits in 6 and 2/3, but was able to hold the Twins to just four runs and kept his team in the game. The bullpen had a few hiccups (2 runs in 2 and 1/3), but Phil Coke was finally able to retire the Twins in the 9th after allowing a run in the inning.
Man, this is probably going to be a rough flight out of the Bronx for the Twins. I don't know what can be more demoralizing than going into Yankee Stadium for a four-game series and losing all four by one run, three of them on walk-off hits.
The Yankees will welcome the Baltimore Orioles into the new ballpark for the first time tomorrow night. CC Sabathia will look to dominate the Birds again and he'll be faced by Brad Bergesen. Game starts at 7:05 ET.
Recap records: Patrick: 11–5, Seamus: 8–8, Andrew: 2–4
EDIT: I should note that I made a bit of an oops earlier. I had said that the Yanks won all four games by one run, but in fact A-Rod's walk-off homer was a two-run shot so they won Saturday's game by a score of 6–4.
