New York Yankees vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - August 20, 2011 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 20, 2011

Final

Series: Game 3 of 4

NY Yankees leads 2-1 (as of 8/20)

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 4

(76-48, 36-24 away)

Twins 9

(55-70, 28-32 home)

Alerts

7:10 PM ET, August 20, 2011

Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYY	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	7	1
MIN	2	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	-	9	13	1

W: F. Liriano (9-9)

L: A. Burnett (9-10)

New York Yankees
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Jeter SS	2	0	0	0	1	0	12	.291	.350	.378
J Posada 1B	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	.241	.321	.386
C Granderson CF	4	0	0	1	0	1	18	.281	.375	.590
M Teixeira 1B	2	0	0	0	1	1	21	.251	.347	.512
F Cervelli C	1	0	1	1	0	0	7	.260	.324	.330
R Cano 2B	3	0	1	0	0	1	7	.304	.350	.526
E Chavez 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.258	.330	.355
N Swisher RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	24	.266	.380	.430
A Jones DH	3	1	1	1	1	0	16	.248	.355	.481
R Martin C-2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	16	.229	.318	.397
E Nunez 3B-SS	4	1	2	0	0	0	10	.270	.318	.394
B Gardner LF	3	1	1	0	0	0	11	.280	.357	.398
Totals	32	4	7	3	3	7	150
BATTING 2B: E Nunez (12, F Liriano) HR: A Jones (9, 9th inning off M Capps 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: C Granderson (97), F Cervelli (18), A Jones (26) 2-out RBI: F Cervelli GIDP: A Jones, R Martin Yankees RISP: 2-6 (M Teixeira 0-1, F Cervelli 1-1, C Granderson 0-2, B Gardner 1-1, E Chavez 0-1) Team LOB: 4
FIELDING E: J Posada (1, throw) DP: 1 (E Nunez-R Cano-M Teixeira).

New York Yankees
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
AJ Burnett (L, 9-10)	1.2	5	7	7	3	1	1	61-31	4.96
L Ayala	1.1	2	0	0	1	1	0	33-21	1.32
A Laffey	3.0	5	2	2	2	2	0	50-34	4.14
C Wade	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8-6	2.13
H Noesi	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	25-15	3.59
Totals	8.0	13	9	9	7	6	1	177-107
PITCHING WP: AJ Burnett 2 First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: AJ Burnett 5/12; L Ayala 5/7; A Laffey 12/15; C Wade 3/4; H Noesi 3/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: AJ Burnett 8-9-6-8; L Ayala 6-1-9-5; A Laffey 11-1-11-11; C Wade 2-0-0-4; H Noesi 4-5-5-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: AJ Burnett 2-1; L Ayala 3-0; A Laffey 4-3; C Wade 0-3; H Noesi 0-1 Game Scores: A Burnett 15

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
B Revere CF	5	1	2	2	0	0	18	.254	.300	.297
T Plouffe RF	4	2	2	0	1	1	14	.225	.308	.406
J Mauer C-1B	4	2	2	0	1	1	24	.280	.344	.346
J Morneau 1B	2	0	0	2	1	0	22	.217	.272	.324
a-D Butera PH-C	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.169	.209	.256
J Kubel DH	5	1	3	2	0	2	22	.298	.351	.461
D Valencia 3B	3	2	1	1	2	0	16	.245	.291	.389
R Tosoni LF	4	0	1	0	1	0	21	.200	.265	.311
L Hughes 2B	3	1	2	1	1	0	22	.241	.304	.326
M Tolbert SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	15	.213	.259	.287
Totals	35	9	13	8	7	6	177
a-struck out swinging for J Morneau in the 8th
BATTING 2B: T Plouffe (7, AJ Burnett); J Mauer 2 (13, H Noesi, AJ Burnett); L Hughes (7, AJ Burnett) HR: D Valencia (13, 2nd inning off AJ Burnett 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Morneau 2 (27), D Valencia (60), B Revere 2 (20), J Kubel 2 (45), L Hughes (16) SF: J Morneau 2-out RBI: B Revere, J Morneau, J Kubel 2 GIDP: J Mauer Twins RISP: 5-13 (M Tolbert 0-2, D Butera 0-1, R Tosoni 1-2, J Mauer 1-2, J Kubel 1-2, B Revere 2-2, D Valencia 0-1, T Plouffe 0-1) Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING SB: B Revere (22, 2nd base off AJ Burnett/R Martin) CS: R Tosoni (2, 2nd base by AJ Burnett/R Martin)
FIELDING E: L Hughes (4, throw) DP: 2 (D Valencia-L Hughes-J Morneau 2).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
F Liriano (W, 9-9)	7.0	3	1	0	3	6	0	108-64	4.85
A Burnett	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	27-17	6.08
M Capps	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	15-9	4.70
Totals	9.0	7	4	3	3	7	1	150-90
PITCHING WP: A Burnett First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: F Liriano 12/25; A Burnett 4/6; M Capps 1/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: F Liriano 19-12-17-16; A Burnett 8-0-3-6; M Capps 4-0-2-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: F Liriano 9-6; A Burnett 3-0; M Capps 1-1 Game Scores: F Liriano 72

Scoring Summary

			NYY	MIN
	1st	T Plouffe scored, J Mauer to third on wild pitch by A Burnett.	0	1
	1st	J Morneau hit sacrifice fly to left, J Mauer scored.	0	2
	2nd	D Valencia homered to center (413 feet).	0	3
	2nd	B Revere singled to center, L Hughes scored.	0	4
	2nd	J Morneau walked, B Revere scored, T Plouffe to third, J Mauer to second.	0	5
	2nd	J Kubel singled to right, T Plouffe and J Mauer scored, J Morneau to second.	0	7
	3rd	B Gardner reached on infield single to second, E Nunez scored on throwing error by second baseman L Hughes.	1	7
	5th	L Hughes walked, J Kubel scored, D Valencia to third, R Tosoni to second.	1	8
	5th	B Revere singled to center, D Valencia scored, R Tosoni to third, L Hughes to second.	1	9
	8th	C Granderson grounded out to second, B Gardner scored, J Posada to third.	2	9
	8th	F Cervelli singled to right, J Posada scored.	3	9
	9th	A Jones homered to left (375 feet).	4	9
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Game Information

Stadium	Target Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	41,254 (104.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:16
Weather	75 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	6 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - D.J. Reyburn, First Base - Ron Kulpa, Third Base - Jim Wolf