WHY THE YANKEES PROVE OFFENSE AND CC WIN BALLGAMES

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I am not sure exactly when it happened but at some point in last night's game vs. the Twins, something snapped in CC Sabathia. It is almost like a light was turned on inside CC and he once again became CC Monster!

The way the game started though for the Yankees and CC was not promising. Almost immediately we saw shades of the CC from the past 3 starts who has struggled and has been getting bombed. I have to admit, when the M&M boys smacked CC in their first at bats I was not feeling to good. I was beginning to freak out like half of the Yankee fans on Twitter were, tweeting questions like, "What's wrong with CC?" "Is CC overused?" "Is CC underused?" "Is CC hurt?" All of these tweets had me in panic mode! But then it happened...I think it was a combination of when CC got the final out in the bottom of the 2nd and then when Curtis Granderson led off the top of the 3rd with a triple. I think CC woke up and thought, "What the hell am I doing?" "I'm freaking CC Sabathia!" "It ends now!"

CC was far from perfect for the rest of the evening but he definitely showed signs of the CC Sabathia we know and love who keeps batters off balance and piles up the K's. CC's final line not doesn't reflect Cy Young numbers but he did get the "W" and that's all that matters, right?

7 IP's -- 10 Hits -- 3 ER's -- 1 BB -- 9 K's -- CC is now 17-7 for the year.

The Bronx Bombers showed up at Target Field last night. Despite how nearly impossible it is to hit a home run at this new field, balls were flying out; especially for the Yankees. The three home runs hit by New York were off the bats of Mark Teixeira, Andruw Jones, and Nick Swisher.

Jones' shot was hit to another time zone. What a shot! Along with the home run, Tex had a great night at the plate and in the field. Tex went 2-3, including a single and 2 walks and 2 RBI's. Tex now has 33 home runs along with 91 RBI's. And, of course, what would a Yankee game lately be without another great game at the plate by the "2011 AL MVP" Curtis Granderson. The Grandyman kept the ball in the park but did manage to go 3-5 including a triple and another run scored. Grandy now leads the AL with 112 runs scored. The next guy behind him, Jacoby Ellsbury is a distanced 2nd in AL runs scored with. Just an incredible offensive year for Granderson so far.

The Yanks took the lead 1-0 in the top of the second on a Gardner sacrifice fly but CC gave the lead away in the bottom of the inning via a a few hits and and a fielders choice. But after the 2nd, as I mentioned above, CC turned it on and the Yankee offense took advantage. The Yanks took the lead back once and for all 3-2 on the 2-run bomb by Tex. Then the Yanks tacked on three more important runs in the bottom of the 5th that pretty much locked up the game. After Tex doubled, Robinson Cano grounded out then Swish hit his 15th home run of the year which gave the Yanks a 5-2 lead. Then it became back-to-back and a belly-to-belly time when Andruw Jones hit a bomb that I believe is still traveling! So at the end of the 5th inning the Yanks had a 6-2 lead.

CC ran into a bit of trouble in the bottom of the 7th when the Twins scored twice cutting the Yankee lead to 6-4. But CC just held it together and closed down the Twins ending any fantasy of a rally. That was the last inning for CC.

We all know that if a Yankee starter gets through 7 innings with a lead, it is usually game, set match and last night was no different in Yankeeland. David Robertson came in and "shockingly" had another 1-2-3 inning. It's just business as usual for DRob as he continues to lower his ERA (which is now 1.27) and becomes one of the most impressive pitchers in all of MLB.

"Unfortunately" the Yankees tacked on two more runs in the top of the 9th on a two-run single by Francisco Cervelli which made the score 8-4. So a four run lead means one thing: No Mo... Oh well! But Cory Wade came in and was spectacular. A 1,2,3 inning striking out one Twin and another win for our New York Yankees.

FINAL SCORE: New York Yankees 8 -- Minnesota Twins 4


--Mikey Blue, BYB Senior Writer

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