Minnesota Twins vs New York Yankees
May 16, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 2009 at Yankee Stadium II. The New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 4, New York Yankees 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Span cf 5 0 0 0
Harris 2b 6 0 0 0
Mauer dh 4 1 1 1
Morneau 1b 3 2 2 1
Kubel lf 5 0 2 0
Cuddyer rf 4 1 0 0
Buscher 3b 3 0 1 2
Redmond c 3 0 1 0
  Gomez pr 0 0 0 0
  Morales c 1 0 0 0
Punto ss 4 0 1 0
Blackburn p 0 0 0 0
  Guerrier p 0 0 0 0
  Breslow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 8 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Jeter ss 2 1 0 0
Damon lf 4 1 1 0
Teixeira dh 4 2 4 4
Rodriguez 3b 4 1 1 2
Swisher 1b 4 0 0 0
Cano 2b 4 0 0 0
Cabrera rf 4 0 0 0
Gardner cf 4 0 0 0
Cervelli c 2 0 0 0
  Matsui ph 1 0 1 0
  Pena pr 0 1 0 0
  Cash c 1 0 0 0
Chamberlain p 0 0 0 0
  Veras p 0 0 0 0
  Coke p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
  Aceves p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 7 6
Minnesota 010 100 020 00480
New York 003 000 010 02670
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blackburn   7.2 6 4 4 3 4
  Guerrier   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Breslow  L(1-2) 0.1 1 2 2 1 0
Totals
10.0
7
6
6
5
5
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Chamberlain   6.0 3 2 2 4 6
  Veras   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Coke   1.1 2 2 2 1 1
  Ramirez   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Rivera   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Aceves  W(1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
8
4
4
7
9

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 1. Morneau-Punto-Blackburn, New York 1. Gardner-Cervelli-Jeter.  2B–Minnesota Buscher (2,off Coke), New York Teixeira (7,off Blackburn); Matsui (7,off Blackburn).  HR–Minnesota Mauer (6,4th inning off Chamberlain 0 on 0 out); Morneau (12,8th inning off Coke 0 on 1 out), New York Teixeira (8,3rd inning off Blackburn 2 on 2 out); Rodriguez (2,11th inning off Breslow 1 on 0 out).  SH–Punto (3,off Veras); Jeter (1,off Blackburn).  SF–Buscher (1,off Chamberlain).  Team LOB–10.  Team–4.  SB–Span (9,2nd base off Chamberlain/Cervelli).  CS–Jeter (1,2nd base by Blackburn/Redmond).  U-HP–Marty Foster, 1B–Chad Fairchild, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–3:35.  A–45,455.
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