Saturday, October 09, 2010

ALDS ~ Twins vs. Yankees GAME 3



BRONXTOBER


2010
AMERICAN LEAGUE DIVISION SERIES
PLAYOFFS



GAME THREE
Saturday  October 9, 2010

MINNESOTA TWINS
vs.
NEW YORK YANKEES

Yankee Stadium
161st Street and River Avenue,
Bronx, New York


FINAL from the BRONX:
Twins           1
YANKEES  6


SWEEP!
The New York Yankees BBC from the Bronx
win the 2010 ALDS Series three games to none.


MINNESOTA:
D Span  CF
O Hudson  2B
J Mauer  C
J  Kubel  RF
D Young  LF
J Thome  DH
M Cuddyer  1B
D Valencia  3B
J Hardy  SS

Pitcher ~ B. Duensing



NEW YORK YANKEES:
D Jeter  SS     2 for 4
N Swisher  RF     2 for 3; home run, double, 2 run, 2 rbi, walk
M Teixeira  1B     1 for 4; rbi
A Rodriguez  3B     1 for 4
R Cano  2B     2 for 4; 2 runs, triple
M Thames  DH     2 for 4; home run, run, 2 rbi
J Posada  C     1 for 4; rbi
C Granderson  CF     1 for 3; run, walk 
B Gardner  LF     0 for 3; rbi


Pitcher: P HUGHES ~ WINNING PITCHER
99 pitches ~ 67 strikes
7 innings pitched
4 hits allowed
0 runs/earned runs
1 walk
6 strikeouts

Pitcher: K WOOD
22 pitches/13 strikes
1/3 innings pitched
3 hits allowed; double
1 earned run
1 walk
0 strikeouts

Pitcher: B Logan
1 pitch/1 strike
1/3 innings pitch
0 hits allowed
0 runs
0 walks
0 strikeouts

Pitcher: D Robertson
3 pitches/2 strikes
1/3 innings pitched
0 hits
0 runs
0 walks
0 strikeouts

Pitcher: MARIANO RIVERA
12 pitches/7 strikes
1 inning pitched
0 hits
0 runs
0 walks
1 strikeout


QUICK SUMMARY:
NYY 2nd Inning  ~  Posada singled scored Cano
NYY 3rd Inning  ~  Teixeira singled, Swisher scored.
NYY 4th Inning  ~  Thames 2 run Home Run, scored Cano.  Gardner Sacrifices Granderson; scores.
7th Inning Stretch....10:54 pm
NYY 7th Inning  ~  Swisher solo Home Run.
MIN  8th Inning  ~  Hudson single scored Valencia

Phil Hughes pitched 7 brilliant innings.
8th Inning ~ K Wood in to pitch for Yankees = double-deep fly-out-single-single-walk-Bye Bye.
Bullpen ~ Logan and Roberson bail out Wood; get next two outs.
11:33 pm ~ Mo starts warming-up.  The end is near.
11:43 pm ~ Mo closes out game.  Yanks Win.  Thugh Yank win.

Phil Hughes was masterful tonight.  Mo made quick work of the Twins in the 9th in spite of a 5 run lead.  Nick Swisher was the Bronx Bomber on fire tonight (see above game line). Robinson Cano continues to destroy anything on a pitchers mound.  Marcus Thames somehow stays prepared enough to crack the occasional line-up card and he's seized the moment with almost every opportunity.  And lastly, how about that bullpen!  They (Logan and Robertson) were brilliant saving Kerry Woods backside.

The Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay Rays play Game Four Sunday.  Texas leads the series two games to one.  The Yankees await the winner of that series to play in the....

AMERICAN LEAGUE
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES



Mike.BTB

2 comments:

  1. The Yanks own the Twins.

    Things are working out perfectly for NY. With Texas and Tampa Bay still playing, CC Sabbathia is getting some extra rest.

    I picked Tampa Bay and Philly to go to the World Series, before the playoffs started, with the Phillies winning it all. NYY might get there instead of TB, but I still like the Phillies to win it all.

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  2. I agree, I think the Phils are kind of unstoppable. Too much starting pitching. Gotta be hating life if you're the Twins. You do everything right as an organization and ya can't get out of the first round; mostly because of the Yankees. What can some of these teams do? Only the Yankees can afford to bench someone like AJ Burnett. The Twins would have been forced to pitch him.

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