The Minnesota Twins did battle with the the New York Yankees yesterday at Metrodome with the Twins victorious 8 to 2. It was a huge win that rooters with Twins tickets aren’t likely to forget. You never know what you’ll see at a baseball game so get your cheap tickets today!
Twins pitcher Nick Blackburn (4.28 ERA) got the win, while Javier Vazquez (6.86 ERA) took the loss for the Yankees. Nick Blackburn went 7 solid innings for the Twins, allowed 9 hits, no home runs and 2 earned runs with no walks and 2 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Twins was Jose Mijares (3.00), and Alex Burnett (2.74). The Yankees’s starter Javier Vazquez went 5.2 innings, allowed 8 hits, one home run and 5 earned runs with 3 walks and 2 strikeouts. Chan Ho Park (8.71), Damaso Marte (3.72), and Chad Gaudin (8.53) also pitched for the Yankees. With the win, Blackburn’s record goes to 6-1, while Vazquez drops to 3-5.
Jason Kubel provided much of the offense for the Twins with an incredible 5 runs batted in. In addition to the 8 runs, the Twins put up 12 hits and committed one error. Jason Kubel led the Twins in hitting with 3 hits, followed by Justin Morneau’s 2 hits, and Denard Span with 2. Michael Cuddyer had a tough day at the plate, leaving 5 runners on base. The Yankees didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Yankees mustered 2 runs, 10 hits and no errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Scott Barry, Phil Cuzzi, Chris Guccione and Brian O’Nora. There were 39,087 Twins ticket holders in attendance at Metrodome.
The win puts the Twins at a record of -, ( games behind the division leader), while the loss brings the Yankees to -, ( games behind first place in the division). Next up for the Twins are the (-) at the Mariners’s Safeco Field. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for tickets because that game should be a good one. The Yankees will next take on the (-) at New Yankee Stadium in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your tickets today and and see the game in person.