Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Game 84: Yankees @ Twins

Regular Season Game 84
Yankees @ Twins
The Metrodome - Minneapolis, MN
Game Time: 8:10 p.m.
TV: YES | Radio: WCBS 880


Here are the lineups:


YANKEES (49-34)
Derek Jeter SS
Johnny Damon LF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Hideki Matsui DH
Jorge Posada C
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Brett Gardner CF

Pitching: RHP A.J. Burnett (7-4, 3.83 ERA)

TWINS (43-41)
Denard Span LF
Brendan Harris SS
Joe Mauer C
Justin Morneau 1B
Michael Cuddyer RF
Jason Kubel DH
Joe Crede 3B
Carlos Gomez CF
Nick Punto 2B

Pitching: RHP Anthony Swarzak (2-2, 3.90 ERA)

Yanks vs. Swarzak

Swarzak has never faced the Yankees.

Twins vs. Burnett

ABH2B3BHRRBIBBSOBAOBPSLGOPS
Jason Kubel 14 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 .214 .214 .286 .500
Justin Morneau 12 4 0 0 1 3 3 4 .333 .500 .583 1.083
Michael Cuddyer 10 2 1 0 0 1 2 5 .200 .333 .300 .633
Joe Mauer 10 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 .300 .417 .300 .717
Delmon Young 10 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 .300 .300 .400 .700
Nick Punto 9 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 .111 .273 .111 .384
Brendan Harris 9 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 .222 .222 .556 .778
Denard Span 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 .143 .250 .143 .393
Brian Buscher 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333
Carlos Gomez 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400
Matt Tolbert 5 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 .400 .571 .800 1.371
Joe Crede 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650
Alexi Casilla 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Totals1042431261433.231.328.337.664

News & Notes


- A.J. Burnett is 1-1, with a 3.90 ERA in five starts against the Twins. He faced them once this year and in 6.2 innings allowed 2 runs on 6 hits, walked 6, and struck out 7. At the Metrodome he's 1-1 witha 4.26 ERA in three starts.

- The Yanks head into this series winners of 11 out of their last 13.

- Jose Molina is with the team, and has been activated from the DL and added to the roster. To make room Francisco Cervelli has been optioned back to Scranton. Thanks for all the hustle and good play Cervelli. See you in September.

Stick around and discuss the game
as it happens in the comments section

23 Comments:

crossfire said...

I hate to see Cervelli go. I like Molina but Cervelli added a little spirit to the team.

Anonymous said...

I hope the team veterans (Jeter, Rivera) give Cervellit some words of encouragement before he leaves.

Greg Cohen said...

That would be a classy move.

Anonymous said...

i have a feeling we will see him again before september...not sure if molina will hold up..

Anonymous said...

Cervelli should be happy he won a job next year. He started the season at double a, with Molina being a free agent Cervelli won the backup catcher role for next year.

Greg Cohen said...

Nice job Gardner... 3-0 Yanks... Anyone here?

Anonymous said...

What the hell is wrong with Burnett? Three wild pitches?

Greg Cohen said...

This happens to him every now and then. He just gets completely out of whack. He got out of it with the lead so he should be fine.

Anonymous said...

Posada stinks defensively.

Mario said...

with matsui in the fianl year of his contract, Posada will almost certainly be full time DH next season, & probably catch like once or twice a week...

Mario said...

Posada is really starting to breakdown, so...

Anonymous said...

marty foster just made another bad call this time against the dodgers.

Greg Cohen said...

What did Foster screw up tonight?

Mario said...

AJ is just struggling, laboring, i swear its Cone & singleton's fault, oh and posada has a hand in it too, LOL, we just can't seem to put together back to back quality pitching performances...WTF

Mario said...

walks , wild pitches, passed balls, FUGLY..

Anonymous said...

a bang bang play at first. daniel murphy made an awesome no look behind the back pass to the pitcher covering, loretta was safe by two steps, but foster again made his own rules. Apparently, style points are bonus, so he called loretta out. torre came out to argue but not tossed

Anonymous said...

a bang bang play at first. daniel murphy made an awesome no look behind the back pass to the pitcher covering, loretta was safe by two steps, but foster again made his own rules. Apparently, style points are bonus, so he called loretta out. torre came out to argue but not tossed

Greg Cohen said...

What a joke.

crossfire said...

Mo done good. Now lets score a few runs in the 9th and finish them off.

crossfire said...

Nice win!

Great job by Mo!

Greg Cohen said...

Nice win... another series win.

Greg Cohen said...

Yep, Mo was great.

JC said...

Kinda bummed to see Cervelli go, but this obviously isn't the end of him. Personally, I like Cervelli over Molina even now, but I understand why they chose Molina.

But Cervelli will certainly be the backup catcher next season.