To celebrate, Mark Teixeira hit his 21st homerun of the season, breaking a career long drought of 95 at bats without one. Half of the runs scored for each team (3 for the Yanks, 2 for the Twins) came in the second inning. Strangely, the total of 5 runs were achieved by only 2 hits, one hit by the Yankees and one by the Twins. It can only leave you wondering one thing: where did the rest of the hits go? Were they outside enjoying the beautiful weather? 

You can put your magnifying glass away, the hits are nowhere to be found. The Yankees scoring went a little something like this: walk, hit by pitch, error, walk, fielders choice, and finally a single by Jeter, leave it to Jeter to actually do some work to score a run. The Twins methods of scoring were more or less the same, a homerun scored the first run, which was followed up by a walk and two errors. The pitching was a tad shaky, but all 5 bullpen pitchers succeeding Ace allowed 0 runs, and Mo sealed the deal for the save and the sweep. Every Yankee had one hit a piece except for Swisher, but he’s so good spirited that I bet he even takes his no hit days with a smile on his face. There’s always tomorrow…

Justin Morneau was 0-10 in the series. Thats right, no typo here folks, hitless in the whole series. For those of you wondering, Morneau has not been hitless in a series once during the course of the season. Very strange indeed, kudos to the Yankee pitchers for handling him so well. Finally, Albaladejo got the win and Liriano picked up the loss. The win moved the Yankees to within half a game of the Sox for first place in the AL East, a loss by Boston tonight would have them both tied for first place. 

Looking forward to tomorrows series against the Angles, it’ll be Joba (4-2, 4.04) vs Joe Saunders (8-5, 4.44). Both Joba and Saunders are coming off rough outings, giving up 8 and 6 runs their last time out, respectively. Vlad and Hunter are both day-to-day as far as their injuries are concerned, and the Yankees will see former teammate Bobby Abreu for the first time since their first meeting in the beginning of May. The Yankees and Angles split that series, each winning a game (the last game of the series was postponed). 

Signing off for now

-Inside the thought bubble