PETTITTE REVVED UP, YANKEES WIN IN MINN

The Yankees came off an exciting series against the Oakland A's which they had two walk-offs the first 2 games. But Sunday their winning streak came to halt in a tough loss to the A's. Last night, the Yankees kicked off a series in Minnesota against a Twins team that has struggled all season. The Yankees struck first in the top of the first against rookie pitcher Liam Kendriks as Alex Rodriguez had an RBI fly out and Nick Swisher followed him with a two run home run to put the Yankees up 3-0 to start the game.

Andy Pettitte made his first away game start coming of the DL and he pitched excellent! He silenced the Twins in the bottom of the 1st and lead himself to 6 scoreless innings... another scoreless appearance. Curtis Granderson hit his 40th home run of the season in the 4th to put the Yankees up a commanding 4-0 lead.

Home runs, plus a dominant Pettitte equals a good day for the Yankees. Liam Hendriks would settle down all until he gave up home runs to Raul Ibanez and Eric Chavez in the 7th which would end his night. Joba Chamberlain worked another 1-2-3 for the Yankees in the bottom of the 7th. Cory Wade would come in to pitch the 8th but gave up a home run to Pedro Florimon to end the shut out. Joe Girardi would take the ball from Cory Wade and bring in Justin Thomas to get out of the 8th. Justin Thomas came back out into the 9th but gave up 2 base-runners and Joe Girardi would take the ball from him to bring in David Robertson. David Robertson who has been very good down the stretch gave up a triple to Chris Parmelee that would cut the lead to 6-3. David Robertson would buckle down to strike out the next batter and get Pedro Florimon to ground out to end the ball game.

Player of the Game: Andy Pettitte. It was a hard choice, but you can't ask any more from the guy like this! He has been consistent for us since his return in May and I'm excited to see him back for the playoffs.

Final Score: Yankees 6 - Twins 3


If you are wondering, the Yankees plan to call up David Aardsma today from the 60 day DL. The Yankees signed him as a free agent this off season. He is a former closer for the Seattle Mariners. BYB is looking forward to seeing him back in the pros.

--Sam Thaler, BYB Contributor
Twitter: @samt1836

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