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Minnesota Twins @ New York Yankees

2009-05-15 · Night game · Yankee Stadium II · Att: 43856 · 68°F, cloudy · Wind 10 mph R to L · 3:37

New York Yankees defeated Minnesota Twins 5–4. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 9th. Jose Veras earned the win. Justin Morneau went 2-for-5 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	4	9
NYA	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	5	10

W: Jose Veras L: Joe Nathan SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Wally Bell · 1B: Marty Foster · 2B: Chad Fairchild · 3B: John Hirschbeck · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Denard Span	2	0	1	0	3	0
Matt Tolbert	5	0	0	0	0	2
Joe Mauer	4	1	1	1	1	0
Justin Morneau	5	2	2	2	0	1
Jason Kubel	4	1	2	0	1	1
Michael Cuddyer	4	0	1	0	1	1
Joe Crede	2	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Gomez	2	0	0	0	1	2
Nick Punto	3	0	1	1	0	0
Brendan Harris	2	0	1	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Derek Jeter	4	1	1	1	1	0
Johnny Damon	2	0	0	0	0	2
Mark Teixeira	4	1	2	1	1	1
Alex Rodriguez	1	0	0	0	4	1
Hideki Matsui	4	0	0	0	1	1
Nick Swisher	4	0	1	0	1	1
Robinson Cano	3	0	0	0	2	0
Melky Cabrera	5	0	2	2	0	1
Kevin Cash	4	0	1	0	0	0
Brett Gardner	3	2	3	1	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Francisco Liriano	6.0	4	6	6
Jesse Crain	0.2	2	1	0
Jose Mijares	1.1	1	1	0
Joe Nathan	0.2	3	2	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Phil Hughes	5.0	6	4	2
Jonathan Albaladejo	1.0	1	1	2
Phil Coke	0.2	1	0	0
Brett Tomko	0.2	1	0	0
Edwar Ramirez	1.1	0	2	2
Jose Veras	0.1	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Denard Span: S7/L7S
Matt Tolbert: K
Joe Mauer: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 1

Derek Jeter: 7/F78D
Johnny Damon: K
Mark Teixeira: K

Top 2

Justin Morneau: HR/F89XD+
Jason Kubel: W
Michael Cuddyer: W.1-2
Joe Crede: 6!4(1)/FO/G6.2-3
Carlos Gomez: K
Nick Punto: 3/G34S

Bot 2

Alex Rodriguez: W
Hideki Matsui: 46(1)/FO/G4
Nick Swisher: W.1-2
Robinson Cano: 7/L7M+
Melky Cabrera: 4/F4MD-

Top 3

Denard Span: W
Matt Tolbert: 46(1)/FO/G4
Joe Mauer: 46(1)/FO/G4
Justin Morneau: 7/F78D

Bot 3

Kevin Cash: D57/G5F
Derek Jeter: W
Johnny Damon: K
Mark Teixeira: W.2-3;1-2
Alex Rodriguez: K
Hideki Matsui: 43/G4S-

Top 4

Jason Kubel: S9/G4+
Michael Cuddyer: DGR/F89XD+.1-3
Joe Crede: 4/F3-
Carlos Gomez: W
Nick Punto: 7/SF/L7S+.3-H
Denard Span: 9/F89M

Bot 4

Nick Swisher: S7/G5F+.BX2(74)
Robinson Cano: 6/F6D-
Melky Cabrera: K

Top 5

Matt Tolbert: 6/F6D-
Joe Mauer: 3!1/G3
Justin Morneau: HR/F9D+
Jason Kubel: S9/L89S+
Michael Cuddyer: 5/P5F

Bot 5

Kevin Cash: 9/F9D+
Derek Jeter: HR/F9D+
Brett Gardner: S8/L6MD
Mark Teixeira: 4(1)3/GDP/G4M

Top 6

Brendan Harris: 43/G4
Carlos Gomez: K23
Nick Punto: S5/BG5S
Denard Span: SB2
Denard Span: W
Matt Tolbert: K

Bot 6

Alex Rodriguez: W
Hideki Matsui: 8/F8RD
Nick Swisher: K
Robinson Cano: W.1-2
Melky Cabrera: 43/L34-

Top 7

Joe Mauer: HR/F8RXD+
Justin Morneau: 3/G34
Jason Kubel: 3/G3
Michael Cuddyer: 8/F8RD

Bot 7

Kevin Cash: 8/F8LD
Derek Jeter: 63/G6
Brett Gardner: HR7/IPHR/F7LS
Mark Teixeira: D9/F9LD+
Alex Rodriguez: W
Hideki Matsui: W.2-3;1-2
Nick Swisher: 6/F78S

Top 8

Brendan Harris: S9/L4D
Carlos Gomez: 23/SH.1-2
Nick Punto: FC1/G15-.2X3(15)
Denard Span: W.1-2
Matt Tolbert: 3/G34+

Bot 8

Robinson Cano: 7/F7M
Melky Cabrera: S4/L4MD-
Kevin Cash: 4/F34-
Derek Jeter: 8/F8RM

Top 9

Joe Mauer: W
Justin Morneau: K
Jason Kubel: K
Michael Cuddyer: K

Bot 9

Brett Gardner: T9/F8RD+
Mark Teixeira: S48/G4.3-H
Alex Rodriguez: W.1-2
Hideki Matsui: K
Nick Swisher: 31/G34.2-3;1-2
Robinson Cano: IW
Melky Cabrera: S7/F78M.3-H;2-H;1-2

Notes & reviews

Damon ejected by HP umpire Bell for arguing called strike 3; he drew line in dirt to show where he thought pitch was
Twins third baseman Joe Crede left the game due to back spasms and a tight hamstring
Carlos Gomez ran past Mark Teixeira at 1B on the fair side of the bag
as in the sixth, Gomez ran past Teixeira on the fair side of the bag, this time running into Teixeira's glove on his left hand; that wrist had been injured earlier in the season and Teixeira yelled at Gomez; both benches emptied; Twins manager Ron Gardenhire and Yankees manager Joe Girardi yelled at each other during the incident but no one was ejected

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