New York Yankees vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - August 18, 2011 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 18, 2011

Final

Series: Game 1 of 4

NY Yankees leads 1-0 (as of 8/18)

Game 1: Thursday, August 18
NY Yankees	8	Final
Minnesota	4	Final
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Game 2: Friday, August 19
NY Yankees	8	Final
Minnesota	1	Final
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Game 3: Saturday, August 20
NY Yankees	4	Final
Minnesota	9	Final
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Game 4: Sunday, August 21
NY Yankees	3	Final
Minnesota	0	Final
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Yankees 8

(75-47, 35-23 away)

Twins 4

(54-69, 27-31 home)

Alerts

8:10 PM ET, August 18, 2011

Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYY	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	2	8	15	1
MIN	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	10	0

W: C. Sabathia (17-7)

L: B. Duensing (8-12)

New York Yankees
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Jeter SS	5	0	2	0	0	0	24	.291	.349	.380
C Granderson CF	5	1	3	0	0	0	15	.281	.374	.593
M Teixeira 1B	3	2	2	2	2	1	24	.249	.346	.510
R Cano 2B	5	0	1	0	0	0	11	.305	.351	.528
N Swisher DH	4	1	1	2	1	1	18	.269	.385	.437
A Jones RF	4	2	2	1	1	0	24	.246	.351	.462
E Nunez 3B	5	2	2	0	0	1	11	.266	.315	.387
F Cervelli C	5	0	2	2	0	0	23	.253	.318	.323
B Gardner LF	4	0	0	1	0	0	18	.281	.359	.401
Totals	40	8	15	8	4	3	168
BATTING 2B: M Teixeira (19, B Duensing); E Nunez (11, M Capps) 3B: C Granderson (10, B Duensing) HR: M Teixeira (33, 3rd inning off B Duensing 1 on, 0 Out); N Swisher (15, 5th inning off B Duensing 1 on, 1 Out); A Jones (8, 5th inning off B Duensing 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: B Gardner (31), M Teixeira 2 (91), N Swisher 2 (67), A Jones (25), F Cervelli 2 (17) SF: B Gardner 2-out RBI: F Cervelli 2 GIDP: E Nunez Yankees RISP: 3-11 (M Teixeira 1-2, F Cervelli 1-2, E Nunez 0-1, B Gardner 0-1, R Cano 0-3, N Swisher 1-2) Team LOB: 10
FIELDING E: E Nunez (16, ground ball) Outfield Assist: C Granderson (T Nishioka at 2nd base, T Plouffe at 2nd base).

New York Yankees
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
C Sabathia (W, 17-7)	7.0	10	4	3	1	9	0	106-74	2.96
D Robertson (H, 27)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15-10	1.27
C Wade	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12-10	2.22
Totals	9.0	10	4	3	1	11	0	133-94
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: C Sabathia 18/32; D Robertson 2/3; C Wade 3/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: C Sabathia 25-11-16-22; D Robertson 5-1-2-2; C Wade 3-3-2-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Sabathia 7-4; D Robertson 1-1; C Wade 2-0 Game Scores: C Sabathia 51

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
B Revere CF	5	0	2	1	0	0	12	.255	.303	.299
T Plouffe 2B	5	0	2	0	0	1	19	.214	.293	.374
J Mauer RF	3	0	1	1	0	0	12	.282	.345	.340
J Morneau 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	13	.223	.276	.332
J Thome DH	3	1	0	0	1	1	17	.255	.363	.505
D Valencia 3B	4	1	2	0	0	1	17	.246	.290	.385
R Tosoni LF	4	0	0	0	0	4	16	.205	.267	.325
T Nishioka SS	4	1	2	1	0	0	12	.220	.261	.245
D Butera C	3	1	1	1	0	1	12	.170	.210	.257
a-L Hughes PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.232	.294	.315
Totals	36	4	10	4	1	11	133
a-struck out swinging for D Butera in the 9th
BATTING 2B: D Valencia (24, C Sabathia) RBI: T Nishioka (19), D Butera (16), B Revere (18), J Mauer (24) SF: J Mauer Twins RISP: 2-8 (T Nishioka 1-1, D Butera 0-1, J Thome 0-1, J Mauer 0-1, R Tosoni 0-1, B Revere 1-1, T Plouffe 0-1, J Morneau 0-1) Team LOB: 7
FIELDING DP: 1 (T Plouffe-T Nishioka-J Morneau).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Duensing (L, 8-12)	5.0	10	6	6	1	1	3	92-58	4.75
J Mijares	2.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	29-15	5.00
A Burnett	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	13-8	5.77
G Perkins	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	14-9	2.34
M Capps	0.1	2	2	2	1	0	0	20-12	4.62
Totals	9.0	15	8	8	4	3	3	168-102
PITCHING WP: M Capps First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Duensing 13/26; J Mijares 4/8; A Burnett 2/3; G Perkins 2/4; M Capps 4/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Duensing 11-5-20-22; J Mijares 5-0-4-6; A Burnett 3-0-2-3; G Perkins 4-2-1-2; M Capps 4-1-4-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Duensing 8-6; J Mijares 5-1; A Burnett 1-1; G Perkins 1-0; M Capps 1-0 Game Scores: B Duensing 23

Scoring Summary

			NYY	MIN
	2nd	B Gardner hit sacrifice fly to right, E Nunez scored.	1	0
	2nd	T Nishioka singled to center, J Thome scored, D Valencia to third.	1	1
	2nd	D Butera hit into fielder's choice to center, D Valencia scored, T Nishioka out at second.	1	2
	3rd	M Teixeira homered to left (381 feet), C Granderson scored.	3	2
	5th	N Swisher homered to left center (378 feet), M Teixeira scored.	5	2
	5th	A Jones homered to left (423 feet).	6	2
	7th	B Revere singled to right, T Nishioka scored, D Butera to second.	6	3
	7th	J Mauer hit sacrifice fly to left, D Butera scored.	6	4
	9th	F Cervelli reached on infield single to third, A Jones and E Nunez scored.	8	4
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Game Notes

THE GAME IS UNDERWAY AFTER A 12 MINUTE DELAY.
TWINS MANAGER RON GARDENHIRE WAS EJECTED BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE BRIAN O'NORA IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING FOR ARGUING THE OVERTURN OF JUSTIN MORNEAU'S HOME RUN.
NICK SWISHER AND ANDRUW JONES OF THE YANKEES HIT BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS IN THE TOP OF THE FIFTH INNING.

Game Information

Stadium	Target Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	41,126 (104.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:09
Weather	82 degrees, clear
Wind	12 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Brian Onora, First Base - Jim Wolf, Second Base - D.J. Reyburn, Third Base - Ron Kulpa