Minnesota (55-45) at NY Yankees (55-45)

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Perkins hopes to help halt Stadium skid

Kelly Thesier / MLB.com
There are plenty of people who will be sad to see Yankee Stadium close its doors for good at the end of this season. Just don't count the Twins among them.
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Twins probable pitcher

Glen Perkins

  • #15 LHP
  • (7-2) 3.84 ERA 44 SO
The rookie left-hander continues to impress the Twins with his performance in a starting role. Perkins held a hot-hitting Rangers lineup scoreless for six innings, allowing just three hits and walking three. He's 3-0 in his last three starts and has not lost since May 30, going 5-0 with a 3.81 ERA over that span. That last loss came against the Yankees, the club he will face next in New York. Perkins gave up five earned runs on 10 hits over just four innings in that first outing at the Metrodome.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 7-2 3.56 118.2 34 70 .273
Season 7-2 3.84 84.1 22 44 .292
July 3-0 2.29 19.2 6 6 .229
Vs. NY Yankees 0-1 11.25 4.0 2 0 .556

Series at a Glance

Standings - 07/23/2008 W L PCT GB Home Away
Minnesota Twins (AL Central) 55 45 .550 1.0 34-19 21-26
New York Yankees (AL East) 55 45 .550 3.5 32-22 23-23
Stats - 07/23/2008 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
MIN .278 490 69 468 56 598 4.30 894.2 981 241 582
NYY .269 469 97 455 63 574 4.00 890.0 884 304 704
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Yanks look to keep home streak going

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With a tough road schedule on the horizon, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said his team would have to take advantage of every game on its home field. So far, so good.
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Yankees probable pitcher

Mike Mussina

  • RHP
  • (12-6) 3.49 ERA 74 SO
Mussina surpassed his win total from the entire 2007 season when he picked up his 12th win Friday night against the A's. He threw six innings of one-run ball and scattered nine hits to quiet the Oakland offense. Mussina struck out six -- four looking -- and did not record a walk for the second straight game. He is now 11-3 with a 3.00 ERA in his last 16 starts.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 262-150 3.70 3475.2 770 2737 .254
Season 12-6 3.49 113.1 16 74 .282
July 2-0 1.50 18.0 1 16 .310
Vs. Minnesota 1-0 3.00 6.0 1 4 .240

Twins hitters vs Mike Mussina

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Butera, Drew - - - - - - - -
Casilla, Alexi .667 3 0 0 .571 7 0 0
Cuddyer, Michael .333 3 0 1 .188 16 0 2
De Los Santos, Estarlin - - - - - - - -
Hardy, J.J. - - - - - - - -
Harris, Brendan .000 2 0 0 .222 9 0 1
Hughes, Luke - - - - - - - -
Kubel, Jason .333 3 0 1 .231 13 1 3
Mauer, Joe .000 2 0 0 .000 8 0 0
Morales, Jose - - - - - - - -
Morneau, Justin .333 3 0 0 .263 19 0 1
Plouffe, Trevor - - - - - - - -
Pridie, Jason - - - - - - - -
Punto, Nick - - - - .111 9 0 0
Ramos, Wilson - - - - - - - -
Span, Denard - - - - .125 8 0 0
Tolbert, Matt - - - - - - - -
Tolleson, Steven - - - - - - - -
Valencia, Danny - - - - - - - -
Young, Delmon .333 3 0 1 .250 20 0 1

Yankees hitters vs Glen Perkins

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Cabrera, Melky 1.000 2 0 2 .455 11 0 3
Cano, Robinson .500 2 0 0 .571 7 0 0
Cervelli, Francisco - - - - - - - -
Corona, Reegie - - - - - - - -
Gardner, Brett 1.000 1 0 1 1.000 1 0 1
Jackson, Austin - - - - - - - -
Jeter, Derek .000 3 0 0 .200 10 0 0
Miranda, Juan .333 3 0 0 .333 3 0 0
Nunez, Eduardo - - - - - - - -
Pena, Ramiro - - - - .000 3 0 0
Posada, Jorge - - - - - - - -
Rodriguez, Alex .667 3 0 2 .500 8 0 4
Russo, Kevin - - - - - - - -
Swisher, Nick 1.000 1 1 1 1.000 1 1 1
Teixeira, Mark - - - - .000 2 0 0

Home sweep home (55-46) (56-45)

Yankees 5, Twins 1

Perkins' streak over

Kelly Thesier / MLB.com
Glen Perkins came into the game having won his past five decisions, but the young left-hander didn't have his best stuff Wednesday, allowing five runs to take his first loss since May 30, and the Twins were silenced by a crafty Mike Mussina.

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Lucky 13 for Moose

Willie Bans / MLB.com
Mike Mussina tossed eight scoreless innings to notch his Major League-high-tying 13th victory of the season, as the Yankees won their 10th straight contest at home -- and sixth overall -- by completing a sweep of the Twins.
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Yankees 5, Twins 1

MinnesotaABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Span, RF4000012.326
Casilla, 2B4120010.323
Redmond, C4010002.288
Morneau, DH4010011.317
Young, LF4000023.294
Lamb, 1B4031000.229
Harris, 3B3010012.261
  a-Kubel, PH1000012.259
Punto, SS3000012.303
Gomez, CF3010011.248
Totals341910915 

a-Struck out for Harris in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Casilla (14, Mussina), Lamb (9, Mussina).
TB: Casilla 3; Redmond; Morneau; Lamb 4; Harris; Gomez.
RBI: Lamb (27).
2-out RBI: Lamb.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Redmond; Harris; Kubel.
GIDP: Punto; Span.
Team LOB: 6.

FIELDING
Pickoffs: Perkins (Abreu at 1st base).
 
NY YankeesABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Damon, DH4000012.315
Jeter, SS4120011.285
Abreu, RF3100112.275
Rodriguez, A, 3B4112000.318
Sexson, 1B3001010.216
Cano, 2B4120000.265
Cabrera, M, CF3020001.248
Molina, J, C3100003.222
Christian, LF3022000.286
Totals31595149 

BATTING
2B: Christian (2, Perkins), Jeter (21, Perkins), Rodriguez, A (20, Perkins).
TB: Jeter 3; Rodriguez, A 2; Cano 2; Cabrera, M 2; Christian 3.
RBI: Christian 2 (4), Rodriguez, A 2 (61), Sexson (32).
2-out RBI: Christian 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Damon; Abreu.
SF: Sexson.
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING
SB: Christian (3, 2nd base off Guerrier/Redmond).
CS: Abreu (7, 2nd base by Perkins/Redmond).
PO: Abreu (1st base by Perkins).

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Sexson-Jeter, Cano-Jeter-Sexson).
 
MinnesotaIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Perkins (L, 7-3)6.08551204.08
Guerrier 1.01000203.40
Nathan 1.00000001.08
 
NY YankeesIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Mussina (W, 13-6)8.06000703.26
Hawkins 0.23110105.71
Rivera (S, 25)0.10000101.21

WP: Hawkins.
Pitches-strikes: Perkins 85-53, Guerrier 16-11, Nathan 16-10, Mussina 105-73, Hawkins 12-11, Rivera 4-3.
Groundouts-flyouts: Perkins 7-8, Guerrier 0-1, Nathan 3-0, Mussina 13-4, Hawkins 1-0, Rivera 0-0.
Batters faced: Perkins 26, Guerrier 4, Nathan 3, Mussina 28, Hawkins 5, Rivera 1.
Inherited runners-scored: Rivera 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Mike DiMuro. 1B: Damien Beal. 2B: Mike Everitt. 3B: Tim McClelland.
Weather: 76 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 14 mph, L to R.
T: 2:31.
Att: 54,114.
July 23, 2008

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