NY Yankees 7, Minnesota 6
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(18-21)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minnesota 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 6 13 1
NY Yankees 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 7 13 0
WP: A. Pettitte (4-1) S: P. Coke (1)
LP: G. Perkins (1-3)
(21-17)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: Minnesota
- J. Mauer singled to center, B. Harris scored, J. Mauer to second advancing on throw
- J. Morneau singled to center, J. Mauer scored
Bot 1st: NY Yankees
- M. Teixeira homered to deep left, J. Damon and D. Jeter scored
- A. Rodriguez homered to deep left
- M. Cabrera singled to center, R. Cano scored
- F. Cervelli singled to center, M. Cabrera scored
Top 4th: Minnesota
- M. Cuddyer homered to deep left
Top 6th: Minnesota
- D. Span singled to left center, C. Gomez scored
Bot 7th: NY Yankees
- M. Teixeira homered to deep right
Top 8th: Minnesota
- D. Span homered to deep right
Top 9th: Minnesota
- M. Cuddyer grounded out to second, M. Tolbert scored
 Minnesota
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
D. Span lf 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 .288
B. Harris 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 3 .296
J. Mauer c 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 .417
J. Morneau 1b 5 0 4 1 0 1 1 .340
J. Crede 3b 4 0 0 0 1 1 4 .223
    M. Tolbert pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .179
J. Kubel dh 4 0 0 0 1 2 4 .326
M. Cuddyer rf 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 .252
C. Gomez cf 3 1 2 0 1 0 3 .242
N. Punto ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .196
    M. Redmond ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250
 Totals 39 6 13 6 5 4 19  
 Batting
2B - B Harris (4, A Pettitte); J Morneau 2 (11, A Pettitte 2).
HR - M Cuddyer (4, 4th inning off A Pettitte 0 on, 0 Out), D Span (2, 8th inning off E Ramirez 0 on, 1 Out).
RBI - J Mauer (17), J Morneau (33), M Cuddyer 2 (20), D Span 2 (20).
2-out RBI - D Span.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Kubel 2, B Harris 2, C Gomez 2.
Team LOB - 12.
 Base Running
SB - C Gomez (4, 2nd base off A Pettitte/F Cervelli).
CS - N Punto (1, 2nd base by A Pettitte/F Cervelli).
 
 Fielding
E - N Punto (3, ground ball).
PB - J Mauer.
DP - 1 (N Punto-B Harris-J Morneau).
 NY Yankees
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
D. Jeter ss 5 1 2 0 0 1 3 .275
J. Damon lf 4 1 1 0 1 1 5 .322
M. Teixeira 1b 4 2 2 4 0 0 1 .239
A. Rodriguez dh 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 .188
N. Swisher rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .236
R. Cano 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .301
M. Cabrera cf 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 .317
R. Pena 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .263
F. Cervelli c 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 .375
 Totals 34 7 13 7 2 4 13  
 Batting
2B - R Cano (10, G Perkins).
HR - M Teixeira 2 (10, 1st inning off G Perkins 2 on, 0 Out, 7th inning off L Ayala 0 on, 0 Out), A Rodriguez (4, 1st inning off G Perkins 0 on, 0 Out).
S - F Cervelli 2.
RBI - M Teixeira 4 (28), A Rodriguez (8), M Cabrera (14), F Cervelli (2).
2-out RBI - F Cervelli.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Damon 4.
GIDP - D Jeter.
Team LOB - 7.
 Base Running
CS - R Cano (1, 2nd base by R Dickey/J Mauer).
 Minnesota
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
G. Perkins (L, 1-3) 0.2 7 6 6 0 0 2 5.36
R.A. Dickey 4.1 3 0 0 1 1 0 3.63
L. Ayala 1.1 3 1 1 1 2 1 5.71
C. Breslow 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.75
J. Crain 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.25
 NY Yankees
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
A. Pettitte (W, 4-1) 6.2 12 4 4 1 3 1 4.18
J. Veras (H, 2) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.61
E. Ramirez (H, 1) 0.2 1 1 1 1 0 1 5.19
P. Coke (S, 1) 1.1 0 1 1 2 1 0 4.76
WP - P Coke.
BALK - G Perkins.
HBP - C Gomez (by A Pettitte).
Pitches-strikes - G Perkins 34-21; R Dickey 60-41; L Ayala 22-16; C Breslow 16-11; J Crain 9-6; A Pettitte 105-70; J Veras 6-2; E Ramirez 22-13; P Coke 36-22.
Ground balls-fly balls - G Perkins 0-2; R Dickey 9-2; L Ayala 1-1; C Breslow 0-1; J Crain 2-1; A Pettitte 9-7; J Veras 0-1; E Ramirez 1-1; P Coke 3-0.
Batters faced - G Perkins 9; R Dickey 15; L Ayala 8; C Breslow 3; J Crain 3; A Pettitte 33; J Veras 2; E Ramirez 4; P Coke 6.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--John Hirschbeck. 1B--Wally Bell. 2B--Marty Foster. 3B--Mike Estabrook.
Time: 3:29.
Attendance: 43,244.
Weather: 54 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 11 mph, left to right.

Updated on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 4:31 am ET

  
 Top Batters
 Minnesota
J. Morneau Justin Morneau
4-5
1 RBI
 NY Yankees
M. Teixeira Mark Teixeira
2-4, 2 HR
4 RBI