Minnesota Twins vs. New York Yankees - Box Score - April 17, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Apr 17, 2012

Final

Series: Game 2 of 4

Series tied 1-1 (as of 4/17)

Game 1: Monday, April 16
Minnesota	7	Final
NY Yankees	3	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, April 17
Minnesota	3	Final
NY Yankees	8	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, April 18
Minnesota	6	Final
NY Yankees	5	Final
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Game 4: Thursday, April 19
Minnesota	6	Final
NY Yankees	7	Final
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Twins 3

(3-8, 1-4 away)

Yankees 8

(6-5, 3-2 home)

Alerts

7:05 PM ET, April 17, 2012

Yankee Stadium, New York, NY

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

W: C. Sabathia (1-0)

L: F. Liriano (0-2)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.357	.400	.500
a-C Thomas PH-CF	3	1	1	1	0	1	12	.333	.400	.778
J Carroll SS	4	0	1	1	0	1	20	.225	.340	.250
J Mauer DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	21	.293	.383	.415
J Willingham LF	4	1	1	1	0	1	12	.375	.457	.800
R Doumit C	4	0	0	0	0	2	12	.219	.242	.219
D Valencia 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	19	.237	.250	.289
T Plouffe RF	3	0	0	0	1	2	15	.100	.182	.200
L Hughes 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	12	.200	.182	.200
A Casilla 2B	3	1	1	0	0	0	10	.222	.250	.259
Totals	33	3	5	3	1	9	136
a-doubled to deep left for D Span in the 3rd
BATTING 2B: C Thomas (1, C Sabathia) HR: J Willingham (5, 2nd inning off C Sabathia 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Willingham (9), C Thomas (4), J Carroll (5) Twins RISP: 2-3 (A Casilla 0-1, C Thomas 1-1, J Carroll 1-1) Team LOB: 4
FIELDING E: T Plouffe (2, bobble)

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
F Liriano (L, 0-2)	2.1	7	5	5	4	2	0	76-37	11.91
M Maloney	3.2	4	2	2	0	0	1	40-29	4.91
J Gray	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	22-12	2.25
A Burnett	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9-7	0.00
Totals	8.0	13	8	8	5	3	1	147-85
PITCHING Balk: F Liriano First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: F Liriano 5/18; M Maloney 10/15; J Gray 3/6; A Burnett 1/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: F Liriano 10-8-7-12; M Maloney 6-1-8-14; J Gray 3-2-2-5; A Burnett 1-3-1-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: F Liriano 3-2; M Maloney 5-6; J Gray 2-1; A Burnett 0-2 Game Scores: F Liriano 21

New York Yankees
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Jeter DH	4	0	1	2	0	1	22	.367	.385	.633
N Swisher 1B	4	0	2	0	1	0	18	.250	.346	.477
R Cano 2B	5	0	1	0	0	0	12	.239	.327	.348
A Rodriguez 3B	4	0	0	0	1	1	17	.227	.333	.341
A Jones RF	5	2	2	1	0	1	17	.250	.278	.625
C Granderson CF	4	2	1	0	1	0	20	.227	.333	.500
E Nunez SS	4	1	2	1	0	0	14	.462	.467	.462
B Gardner LF	2	3	2	1	2	0	15	.321	.424	.393
C Stewart C	4	0	2	3	0	0	12	.286	.286	.286
Totals	36	8	13	8	5	3	147
BATTING 2B: N Swisher (4, F Liriano); B Gardner 2 (2, M Maloney, F Liriano); R Cano (5, M Maloney) HR: A Jones (2, 4th inning off M Maloney 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: B Gardner (3), E Nunez (3), C Stewart 3 (3), D Jeter 2 (9), A Jones (4) SF: D Jeter 2-out RBI: A Jones, D Jeter Yankees RISP: 6-17 (D Jeter 1-2, A Jones 0-2, E Nunez 2-2, C Granderson 0-1, C Stewart 2-4, B Gardner 1-1, A Rodriguez 0-1, R Cano 0-3, N Swisher 0-1) Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING SB: B Gardner (2, 2nd base off J Gray/R Doumit)
FIELDING E: A Rodriguez (1, ground ball)

New York Yankees
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
C Sabathia (W, 1-0)	7.1	4	3	3	1	7	1	112-73	5.59
D Robertson	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	13-9	0.00
C Wade	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12-8	2.35
Totals	9.0	5	3	3	1	9	1	137-90
PITCHING Balk: C Sabathia First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: C Sabathia 14/28; D Robertson 2/3; C Wade 3/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: C Sabathia 23-12-19-19; D Robertson 5-1-1-2; C Wade 2-1-3-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Sabathia 8-7; D Robertson 0-1; C Wade 1-1 Game Scores: C Sabathia 64

Scoring Summary

			MIN	NYY
	2nd	J Willingham homered to center (418 feet).	1	0
	2nd	B Gardner hit a ground rule double to left, C Granderson scored, E Nunez to third.	1	1
	3rd	C Thomas doubled to deep left, A Casilla scored.	2	1
	3rd	J Carroll singled to right center, C Thomas scored.	3	1
	3rd	E Nunez reached on infield single to shortstop, A Jones scored.	3	2
	3rd	C Stewart singled to left, C Granderson and E Nunez scored, B Gardner to third, C Stewart to second advancing on throw.	3	4
	3rd	D Jeter hit sacrifice fly to right, B Gardner scored, C Stewart to third.	3	5
	4th	A Jones homered to left (359 feet).	3	6
	5th	D Jeter singled to center, B Gardner scored.	3	7
	7th	C Stewart singled to left, B Gardner scored.	3	8
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Game Notes

TWINS CENTER FIELDER DENARD SPAN AND MANAGER RON GARDENHIRE WERE EJECTED BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE GREG GIBSON IN THE TOP OF THE THIRD INNING FOR ARGUING BALLS AND STRIKES.

Game Information

Stadium	Yankee Stadium, New York, NY
Attendance	40,194 (79.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:59
Weather	73 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	13 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Greg Gibson, First Base - Phil Cuzzi, Second Base - Vic Carapazza, Third Base - Gerry Davis