It was a long one, but a good one.
Chien-Ming Wang was off again, Edwar Ramirez picked a lousy time to give up his first run of the season and Ross Ohlendorf played with fire in his two innings of work, but Bobby Abreu's RBI-single gave the
Yanks a 7-6 win over the Twins in 12 innings.
The Yanks have now won three in a row, eight of their past 10 and stand a game over .500 once again.
Not bad, all things considered.
I watched (and listened) to this one from the sixth inning on so I'm going to bypass the roundup. We're not even into the dog days of August and already I'm starting to feel a bit fatigued. Still, it was a good win for the Bombers.
The Yanks:
- battled back from an early deficit
- blew two leads
- saw Johnny Damon ground into a double play after failing to advance Melky Cabrera at first with no outs in the ninth
- witnessed Alex Rodriguez get picked off second with one out in the 10th inning and Hideki Matsui at the plate
- watched Ohlendorf somehow keep the Twins scoreless despite giving up two hits and four walks during his stint
Darrell Rasner (3-1, 1.80 ERA) will try and bounce back from a tough-luck loss in his last start against the Baltimore Orioles. The Twins will counter with Nick Blackburn (4-3, 3.39 ERA). Blackburn has been consistent for Minnesota, going at least five innings in his 11 starts this season, and has a 2.41 ERA at the Metrodome this year. This will be his first look at the Yanks. Rasner has been a gift from above, giving up no more than two runs in any of his five starts this year, and is 1-0 with a 1.50 in one career start against the Twinkies.
I'll take a repeat performance.
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