Delmon Young shines as Minnesota Twins beat New York Yankees
The National League’s Minnesota Twins made a strong comeback as they vanquished league rivals New York Yankees in a close game with the scoreline reading 5-4. On Tuesday at the Yankee Stadium in New York, Delmon Young stood out with his splendid three-run
shot in the eighth inning.
Chasing a four-run deficit in the eighth, the Twins forced the Yankees to relieve two hurlers. The move created room for Danny Valencia and Denard Span to score followed by Young who added a tying double to right field.
Joe Mauer, who was having 1-for-14 record in this season, landed in tenth inning with no outs and emerged as a hero stealing go-ahead single and providing Twins a chance to shatter their losing streak.
It was another late strike back outing as the Yankees acquired an early four-run lead in the first inning. First baseman Mark Teixeira, receiving a blow on his foot last night, thrust on the opponent and looked like he was about to take away the game in
the first. The 30-year-old designated hitter launched a huge three-run grand slam to left field. Andruw Jones smashed the Twins starter Brian Duensing’s 81.7 mph sinker and sent it out of the park boosting the Yanks advantage to four-run.
After receiving two blows, Brian bounced back quickly and tossed five scoreless innings making seven strikeouts. It paved a foundation for a complete strike back of pitchers as Twins reliever Matt Capps and Closer Joe Nathan did not permitted even a single
hit in their spells.
Looking satisfied with his performance, Nathan said the reporters. "It was a good win for us to battle back against this team in this stadium. Tough conditions, throwing and hitting,” He further added. “It seemed almost like we were throwing ice cubes, it
was so cold and dry."
The same was the case with Yanks starter Carsten Charles Sabathia who remained scoreless in his seven strong innings. The 30-year-old left-handed hurler tossed 67 strikeout pitches of 104 and managed six strikeouts with 1.38 Earned runs averages. He was
not fortunate to have strong back up as reliever Rafael Soriano allowed three walks and went for four runs in eighth. Boone Logan permitted losing run to Mauer.
Twins took full advantage of bad pitches and made the game to their name. Despite outing turned into Twins favour, manager Ron Gardenhire was aware of the pressure they have under gone.
"It's never easy to play them, no matter where the game is. And even when you get a lead, those guys know how to win," Gardenhire said. "Our boys showed a lot of courage. It was a great win."
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