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New York Yankees @ Minnesota Twins

2008-08-13 · Day game · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Att: 35187 · 68°F · Wind to RF · 3:08

Minnesota Twins defeated New York Yankees 4–2. Minnesota Twins put up 3 in the 4th. Kevin Slowey earned the win and Joe Nathan picked up the save. Delmon Young went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5
MIN	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0		4	7

W: Kevin Slowey L: Darrell Rasner SV: Joe Nathan

Umpires — HP: Mike Winters · 1B: Angel Campos · 2B: Brian Runge · 3B: Greg Gibson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Damon	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Abreu	3	0	0	0	1	1
Alex Rodriguez	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jason Giambi	4	0	1	1	0	1
Xavier Nady	4	0	0	0	0	0
Robinson Cano	3	0	0	0	1	1
Ivan Rodriguez	4	1	1	0	0	1
Wilson Betemit	3	0	2	0	0	0
Melky Cabrera	2	0	0	0	0	0
Richie Sexson	1	0	0	0	0	1

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Denard Span	4	0	1	0	0	0
Brendan Harris	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Mauer	3	2	2	0	1	1
Justin Morneau	3	1	0	0	1	1
Jason Kubel	2	0	0	0	1	0
Delmon Young	4	1	2	3	0	1
Brian Buscher	2	0	0	1	0	1
Randy Ruiz	3	0	1	0	0	1
Nick Punto	3	0	1	0	0	0
Carlos Gomez	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Darrell Rasner	5.0	4	1	4
Dan Giese	0.0	1	2	0
David Robertson	2.0	1	0	1
Billy Traber	0.1	1	0	0
Brian Bruney	0.2	0	0	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kevin Slowey	6.0	3	1	1
Craig Breslow	1.0	2	0	0
Dennys Reyes	0.2	0	0	2
Jesse Crain	0.1	0	0	0
Joe Nathan	1.0	0	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Damon: 6/P78S
Bobby Abreu: 5/P56
Alex Rodriguez: D8/L89S+
Jason Giambi: S9/L9D+.2-H
Xavier Nady: 13/G15-

Bot 1

Denard Span: 5/L56+
Brendan Harris: 6E3/G6
Joe Mauer: K
Justin Morneau: K

Top 2

Robinson Cano: K
Ivan Rodriguez: 9/F9M
Wilson Betemit: 7/F7LS

Bot 2

Jason Kubel: 43/G4
Delmon Young: S9/L34D+
Brian Buscher: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M

Top 3

Melky Cabrera: 7/F78D
Johnny Damon: 9/F89M
Bobby Abreu: 8/F8RM

Bot 3

Randy Ruiz: S8/L8RS
Nick Punto: 8/FDP/F8RM.1X1(83)
Denard Span: S8/G4M
Brendan Harris: 13/BINT/G13+

Top 4

Alex Rodriguez: 53/G5
Jason Giambi: 3/L3
Xavier Nady: 4/P34D

Bot 4

Joe Mauer: W
Justin Morneau: FC5/G56.1X2(5E4);B-1
Jason Kubel: 9/F89XD+.2-3
Delmon Young: HR/F8RXD+.3-H(UR);1-H
Brian Buscher: K
Randy Ruiz: K

Top 5

Robinson Cano: 7/F78M
Ivan Rodriguez: 53/G56
Wilson Betemit: S9/L9S+
Melky Cabrera: 46(1)/FO/G4MD

Bot 5

Nick Punto: 13/G13+
Denard Span: 9/F9D+
Brendan Harris: 5/P5S

Top 6

Johnny Damon: 6/P6D
Bobby Abreu: W
Alex Rodriguez: 4/P4D
Jason Giambi: CS2(26)

Bot 6

Joe Mauer: S9/L34D+
Justin Morneau: W.1-2
Jason Kubel: W.2-3;1-2
Delmon Young: K
Brian Buscher: 7/SF/F78D.3-H;2-3
Randy Ruiz: 8/F8LXD+

Top 7

Jason Giambi: 63/G4M
Xavier Nady: 4/P4
Robinson Cano: 13/G15+

Bot 7

Nick Punto: S8/F8RS
Denard Span: CS2(26)
Denard Span: 8/F8LXD+
Brendan Harris: 9/F9M

Top 8

Ivan Rodriguez: S8/L8RS
Wilson Betemit: S7/L78S-.1-2
Richie Sexson: K
Johnny Damon: 23.2-3;1-2
Bobby Abreu: K+WP.3-H(NR);2-3;B-1
Alex Rodriguez: 8/F8RD+

Bot 8

Joe Mauer: S8/L8LM+
Justin Morneau: 6/P8LS
Carlos Gomez: SB2
Carlos Gomez: K
Delmon Young: PB.2-3
Delmon Young: 63/G6-

Top 9

Jason Giambi: K
Xavier Nady: 63/G6
Robinson Cano: W
Ivan Rodriguez: K

Notes & reviews

Brendan Harris called for interference
Yankees pitcher Dan Giese left the game due to an injured neck/shoulder
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Buscher fouled off the third pitch, which struck HP umpire Mike Winters on the mask; after a delay, Winters left the game and 1B umpire Angel Campos moved behind the plate

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