Starting Lineups:
New York Yankees Minnesota Twins
1. Sanders cf Gladden lf
2. Sax 2b Mack rf
3. Mattingly 1b Puckett cf
4. Nokes c Hrbek 1b
5. Leyritz 3b Gaetti 3b
6. Maas dh Bush dh
7. Azocar rf Harper c
8. Espinoza ss Newman 2b
9. Kelly lf Gagne ss
Leary p Smith p
YANKEES 1ST: Sanders was called out on strikes; Sax grounded out
(third to first); Mattingly singled to right; Gaetti dropped a
foul fly hit by Nokes for an error; Nokes grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 0.
TWINS 1ST: Gladden singled to right; Mack out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Gladden to second]; Puckett struck out;
Hrbek grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 0, Twins 0.
YANKEES 2ND: Leyritz lined to center; Maas was called out on
strikes; Azocar grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 0.
TWINS 2ND: Gaetti grounded out (third to first); Bush flied to
center; Harper doubled to left; Newman singled to right [Harper
scored]; Gagne flied to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees
0, Twins 1.
YANKEES 3RD: Espinoza struck out; Kelly grounded out (shortstop
to first); Sanders struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0,
Twins 1.
TWINS 3RD: Gladden lined to third; Mack grounded out (shortstop
to first); Puckett grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 1.
YANKEES 4TH: Sax grounded out (pitcher to first); Mattingly
singled to left; Smith threw a wild pitch [Mattingly to second];
Nokes walked; Leyritz lined to left; Maas popped to first; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 1.
TWINS 4TH: Hrbek flied to left; Gaetti grounded out (shortstop
to first); Bush singled to right; Leary threw a wild pitch [Bush
to second]; Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 1.
YANKEES 5TH: Azocar singled to center; Espinoza lined to right;
Kelly singled to left [Azocar to second]; Sanders walked [Azocar
to third, Kelly to second]; Sax reached on an error by Gagne
[Azocar scored, Kelly scored (unearned), Sanders to third, Sax
to first]; Sax stole second; Mattingly popped to shortstop;
Nokes grounded out (first to pitcher); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 1.
TWINS 5TH: Newman grounded out (first unassisted); Gagne popped
to center; Gladden popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Twins 1.
YANKEES 6TH: Leyritz grounded out (shortstop to first); Maas
popped to first; Azocar grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 1.
TWINS 6TH: Mack struck out; On a bunt Puckett singled to third;
Hrbek forced Puckett (second to shortstop) [Hrbek to first];
Gaetti flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 1.
YANKEES 7TH: Espinoza popped to first; Kelly flied to right;
Sanders flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 1.
TWINS 7TH: Bush singled to right; Harper flied to right; Leary
threw a wild pitch [Bush to second]; Newman grounded out (first
unassisted); Gagne popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 2, Twins 1.
YANKEES 8TH: Sax singled to shortstop; Mattingly popped to
shortstop; CANDELARIA REPLACED SMITH (PITCHING); BARFIELD BATTED
FOR NOKES; Candelaria threw a wild pitch [Sax to second];
Barfield struck out; Leyritz grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 1.
TWINS 8TH: BARFIELD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); GEREN REPLACED
AZOCAR (PLAYING C ); Gladden grounded out (shortstop to first);
Mack singled to center; Puckett singled to right [Mack to
third]; CADARET REPLACED LEARY (PITCHING); Hrbek grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Puckett out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 1.
YANKEES 9TH: BALBONI BATTED FOR MAAS; SAVAGE REPLACED CANDELARIA
(PITCHING); Balboni struck out; Geren popped to third; Espinoza
singled to center; Kelly was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 1.
TWINS 9TH: RIGHETTI REPLACED CADARET (PITCHING); Gaetti grounded
out (shortstop to first); CASTILLO BATTED FOR BUSH; Castillo was
hit by a pitch; MOSES RAN FOR CASTILLO; Harper singled to right
[Moses to second]; Newman flied to center; MANRIQUE BATTED FOR
GAGNE; Manrique forced Harper (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 1.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Yankees 2 6 0 7
Twins 1 9 2 8