Game 38: Yankees get another extra innings walk-off victory over Twins
Minnesota @ New York (Game 3 of 4)
The Twins just can’t catch a break in Yankee Stadium as they fall to the Yankees for the third straight time in walk-off fashion.
The Twins were able to get some hits and walks off of AJ Burnett, however, those base runners had a hard time scoring runs for the team. All in all the Twins would strand 13 base runners and go 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position. They would put up a pair of runs in the seventh inning on an RBI single from Matt Tolbert that scored Carlos Gomez and a wild pitch by Burnett would allow Nick Punto to come home.
Kevin Slowey looked sharp on the mound against the Yankees as he went through and retired the first nine batters he faced, three of them on strike outs. Slowey wouldn’t allow a run to score until the seventh when he gave up a solo home run to Alex Rodriguez. Another run would score that inning on a sacrifice fly from Melky Cabrera before Slowey was taken out of the game. Slowey pitched 7 2/3 innings giving up two runs off of seven hits and striking out eight.
The game would head into extra innings, the second game to do so this series, with the score tied a two each. The Yankees pitcher, Alfredo Aceves, retired the three batters he faced in the tenth inning and Jesse Crain was brought out to face the top of the Yankees batting order. Derek Jeter grounded out for the first out but Johnny Damon would follow and hit a home run to right field for the game ending walk-off home run.
Crain would pick up the loss after pitching only 1/3 inning. It is Crain’s second loss of the season and the run upped already high ERA to 9.00.
Attendance: 44,804 (Yankee Stadium)
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