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July 9, 2009

Yankees Hold to Beat Twins

by @ 3:00 am. Filed under 2009 Yankees

Those pesky Red Sox won again last night so the Yankees are still sitting on their one game deficit.  Still, at 50 wins, the Yankees are in the drivers seat (4 1/2 game lead) for the Wild Card and while that would be the backup plan, it’d still be nice to pass up the Red Sox here before the All Star break.

Yesterday’s game was a nice one as the Yankees took care of the Twins for the second straight night.  A.J. Burnett had a really nice start and he improved to 8-4.  He gave up two runs on seven hits and four walks with two strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.  Phil Hughes threw an inning of shutout relief and then Mariano Rivera got the final four outs to pick up his 22nd save of the season.

Three of the four Yankee runs came in 4-3 win came in the second inning.  The big hit was a two run single by Brett Gardner.  Jorge Posada went two for three with a run while Derek Jeter went two for five with a run.

The Yankees go for the sweep this afternoon.  It’ll be Alfredo Aceves going up against Francisco Liriano.  Liriano’s been solid his last few starts but hopefully we can give Alfredo some runs to help him improve to 6-1.

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