New York Yankees vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - August 21, 2011 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 21, 2011

Final

Series: Game 4 of 4

NY Yankees won 3-1

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 3

(77-48, 37-24 away)

Twins 0

(55-71, 28-33 home)

Alerts

2:10 PM ET, August 21, 2011

Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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

W: I. Nova (13-4)

L: P. Dumatrait (1-2)

S: M. Rivera (33)

New York Yankees
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Jeter DH	4	0	1	0	1	0	27	.290	.350	.377
C Granderson CF	4	1	1	1	1	1	22	.281	.375	.594
M Teixeira 1B	3	1	1	1	1	0	25	.251	.349	.517
A Rodriguez 3B	5	0	0	0	0	0	16	.290	.361	.477
R Cano 2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	16	.304	.349	.526
N Swisher RF	3	0	0	0	1	1	18	.264	.379	.427
R Martin C	2	0	1	1	1	0	12	.231	.320	.398
B Gardner LF	3	0	0	0	1	0	25	.278	.356	.395
E Nunez SS	4	0	1	0	0	2	19	.270	.317	.391
Totals	32	3	6	3	6	4	180
BATTING 2B: R Cano (33, P Dumatrait) HR: C Granderson (35, 7th inning off J Mijares 0 on, 2 Out); M Teixeira (34, 7th inning off J Mijares 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: R Martin (53), C Granderson (98), M Teixeira (95) SF: R Martin 2-out RBI: C Granderson, M Teixeira GIDP: M Teixeira Yankees RISP: 0-8 (D Jeter 0-1, M Teixeira 0-1, E Nunez 0-1, C Granderson 0-1, A Rodriguez 0-3, N Swisher 0-1) Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING SB: E Nunez (19, 2nd base off P Dumatrait/D Butera); C Granderson (24, 2nd base off J Nathan/D Butera)
FIELDING E: M Teixeira (3, ground ball) DP: 1 (E Nunez-R Cano-M Teixeira).

New York Yankees
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
I Nova (W, 13-4)	7.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	101-63	3.97
D Robertson (H, 28)	1.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	28-16	1.24
M Rivera (S, 33)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10-8	2.25
Totals	9.0	7	0	0	2	9	0	139-87
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: I Nova 19/27; D Robertson 3/6; M Rivera 3/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: I Nova 22-8-12-21; D Robertson 7-2-4-3; M Rivera 3-4-0-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: I Nova 7-9; D Robertson 0-1; M Rivera 1-0 Game Scores: I Nova 71

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
B Revere CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	13	.254	.300	.296
T Plouffe 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	17	.218	.300	.394
J Mauer 1B	4	0	3	0	0	0	18	.288	.350	.352
J Kubel RF	3	0	0	0	1	1	12	.295	.350	.456
J Thome DH	3	0	1	0	1	2	20	.256	.365	.503
T Nishioka PR-DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.257	.241
D Valencia 3B	4	0	2	0	0	0	17	.247	.293	.392
R Tosoni LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	17	.191	.255	.298
M Tolbert SS	3	0	0	0	0	2	14	.210	.255	.282
D Butera C	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	.166	.205	.251
a-L Hughes PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.239	.302	.324
Totals	33	0	7	0	2	9	139
a-struck out swinging for D Butera in the 9th
BATTING 2B: D Valencia (25, I Nova) S: M Tolbert GIDP: J Kubel Twins RISP: 1-9 (D Butera 0-2, J Thome 0-1, M Tolbert 0-1, J Mauer 1-1, R Tosoni 0-1, J Kubel 0-1, B Revere 0-1, D Valencia 0-1) Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING SB: B Revere (23, 2nd base off D Robertson/R Martin)
FIELDING E: J Mauer (4, ground ball) DP: 1 (T Plouffe-M Tolbert-J Mauer). PB: D Butera.

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
N Blackburn	1.1	1	0	0	4	0	0	49-23	4.49
A Swarzak	2.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	32-19	3.12
P Dumatrait (L, 1-2)	2.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	46-24	4.31
J Mijares	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	2	26-15	5.35
A Burnett	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12-7	5.93
J Nathan	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15-9	4.93
Totals	9.0	6	3	3	6	4	2	180-97
PITCHING HBP: M Teixeira (By J Nathan) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: N Blackburn 4/8; A Swarzak 5/8; P Dumatrait 5/10; J Mijares 4/5; A Burnett 3/4; J Nathan 3/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: N Blackburn 6-2-11-4; A Swarzak 6-3-4-6; P Dumatrait 8-3-7-6; J Mijares 5-1-5-4; A Burnett 2-1-0-4; J Nathan 3-0-2-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: N Blackburn 4-0; A Swarzak 3-3; P Dumatrait 0-5; J Mijares 1-1; A Burnett 2-1; J Nathan 2-1 Game Scores: N Blackburn 48

Scoring Summary

			NYY	MIN
	6th	R Martin hit sacrifice fly to center, R Cano scored.	1	0
	7th	C Granderson inside-the-park home run to deep right center (397 feet).	2	0
	7th	M Teixeira homered to left (363 feet).	3	0
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Game Notes

TWINS PITCHER NICK BLACKBURN LEFT THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE SECOND INNING WITH A RIGHT LATERAL FOREARM STRAIN.
CURTIS GRANDERSON AND MARK TEIXEIRA OF THE YANKEES HIT BACK-TO-BACK HOMERUNS IN THE TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING.

Game Information

Stadium	Target Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	41,242 (104.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:07
Weather	75 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	5 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Ron Kulpa, First Base - Chad Fairchild, Second Base - Jim Wolf, Third Base - D.J. Reyburn