SCORECARD
FIRST INNING
Twins: Brian Dozier singled to left-center off New York starter C.C. Sabathia. Aaron Hicks hit a two-run homer to left.
Twins 2, New York 0
THIRD INNING
Twins: Hicks singled to center. Trevor Plouffe struck out. Miguel Sano reached on an infield single, Hicks went to second. Torii Hunter hit a three-run homer to right.
Twins 5, New York 0
FOURTH INNING
New York: Alex Rodriguez hit a two-out homer to left-center off Twins starter Tommy Milone.
Twins 5, New York 1
SEVENTH INNING
New York: Chris Young doubled to left. Rodriguez hit a two-run homer to center. Mark Teixeira doubled to center. Brian Duensing relieved Milone. Carlos Beltran flied out to center, Teixeira advanced to third. Chase Headley hit a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Teixeira.
Twins 5, New York 4
NINTH INNING
New York: Rodriguez homered to center off reliever Glen Perkins. Teixeira singled to left-center. Beltran reached on a fielder's choice to third, Teixeira was out at second. Headley singled to center, Beltran advanced to third. John Ryan Murphy hit a three-run homer to center.
New York 8, Twins 5
New YorkABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Ellsbury cf501001.299
Young lf211011.257
McCann ph100001.252
Gregorius ss000000.244
Rodriguez dh433400.277
Teixeira 1b412000.263
Beltran rf410000.256
Headley 3b311100.260
Murphy c411300.271
Ryan ss200001.263
Gardner ph-lf200000.293
Drew 2b401001.186
Totals35810815
TWINSABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Dozier 2b311021.256
Hicks cf522201.263
Plouffe 1b-3b500001.255
Sano dh311010.286
Hunter rf411301.254
Escobar 3b400001.246
Mauer 1b000000.277
Robinson lf401000.246
Suzuki c301010.233
Santana ss300001.219
Totals3457546
New York000 100 304—8101
Twins203 000 000—571
E—Drew (6), May (2). LOB—New York 2, Twins 7. 2B—Young (15), Teixeira (21). HR—Rodriguez 2 (22), off Milone 2; Rodriguez (23), off Perkins; Murphy (1), off Perkins; Hicks (4), off Sabathia;Hunter (16), off Sabathia. RBI—Rodriguez 4 (58), Headley (36), Murphy 3 (8), Hicks 2 (13), Hunter 3 (53). SF—Headley. DP—New York 1, Twins 1.
NEW YORKIPHRERBBSONPERA
Sabathia5 2/365533965.38
Warren W, 6-52 1/310012293.51
Miller S, 23-23100001101.57
TWINSIPHRERBBSONPERA
Milone644414833.58
Duensing H, 410000064.91
May H, 1110001134.38
Perkins L, 0-22/354400202.25
O'Rourke1/30000030.00
Inherited runners-scored—Warren 3-0, Duensing 1-1, O'Rourke 1-0. HBP—by Sabathia (Da.Santana). Umpires—Home, Jeff Nelson; First, Tom Woodring; Second, Cory Blaser; Third, Laz Diaz. T—2:54. A—40,660 (39,021).
The Gophers played with more urgency, but it wasn’t enough to keep them from another conference sweep, and they lost LJ Mooney to injury in the process.
