October 8, 2006: Twins 3 Yankees 1 (Twins win series, 3-2)
Monday, November 19, 2007
| The Twins are ALCS-bound after beating the Yankees by a 3-1 score in the deciding game of their ALDS series. The Twins did not need much offense thanks to 6 strong innings from Johan Santana, a far cry from his game 1 performance. The Twins scored a single run in the 2nd and tacked on 2 more in the 3rd on 4 straight singles. It would be all they needed, as the only Yankee to get past 2nd base in the entire game was A-Rod, who walked with 2 outs in the 6th and was knocked in on a Gary Sheffield single. The matchup of closers could very well have made the difference in this one. Joe Nathan pitched in 2 games, going 2 2/3 innings, allowing just one hit and one walk while striking out 5, and had 2 saves. Mariano Rivera also pitched in 2 games, but only pitched 2/3 of an inning in a game 1 save and blew it up for 3 runs in a game 2 blown save and loss. Another interesting tidbit: The Twins did not hit a home run in their series win. The Yankees hit 6 in the series. The series MVP is Mike Cuddyer, who hit .368 in the series and had clutch hits in the game 4 and 5 wins for the Twins. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2006 Minnesota Twins At 2006 New York (AL) Yankees 10/8/2006
Twins AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG
L.Castillo 2B 4 1 2 0 .450 J.Damon CF 3 0 1 0 .227
N.Punto 3B 4 1 1 0 .300 D.Jeter SS 2 1 1 0 .412
J.Mauer C 4 0 2 1 .294 B.Abreu RF 4 0 0 0 .400
M.Cuddyer RF 2 1 1 1 .368 A.Rodriguez 3B 2 0 0 0 .471
J.Morneau 1B 4 0 1 0 .150 G.Sheffield 1B 4 0 2 1 .444
T.Hunter CF 2 0 0 1 .118 J.Posada C 4 0 0 0 .105
R.White LF 3 0 0 0 .176 H.Matsui LF 2 0 1 0 .267
J.Tyner DH 3 0 0 0 .286 B.Williams DH 3 0 0 0 .000
J.Bartlett SS 3 0 0 0 .222 A-J.Giambi PH 1 0 0 0 .200
R.Cano 2B 3 0 0 0 .250
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Totals 29 3 7 3 Totals 28 1 5 1
A-Pinch Hit For Williams In 9th Inning
Twins........... 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 0
Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 5 0
Twins (3-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Santana WIN(1-1) 6 4 1 1 4 5 0 104 8.10
J.Crain HOLD(1st) 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 3.60
J.Nathan SAVE(2nd) 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 3 0 22 0.00
Totals 9 5 1 1 5 9 0
Yankees (2-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.Wang LOSS(1-1) 8 1/3 7 3 3 1 3 0 109 4.80
S.Proctor 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9.00
Totals 9 7 3 3 1 3 0
ATTENDANCE- 56,888 DATE- Sunday, October 8th 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Randy Marsh, Angel Hernandez, Hunter Wendelstedt, Sam Holbrook
T- 2:41
LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 2 Yankees: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 3 Yankees: 2
CAUGHT STEALING- L.Castillo
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Jeter
SACRIFICE FLIES- T.Hunter
WALKS- M.Cuddyer, J.Damon, A.Rodriguez-2, H.Matsui-2
HIT BY PITCH- M.Cuddyer, D.Jeter
STRIKE OUTS- M.Cuddyer, J.Morneau, R.White, B.Abreu, A.Rodriguez-2, J.Posada-2,
B.Williams-2, J.Giambi, R.Cano
GIDP- J.Morneau, R.White, D.Jeter, B.Williams, R.Cano
At Yankee Stadium, the New York (AL) fans witnessed a great pitcher's duel.
Johan Santana(1-1) finally bested his New York (AL) opposite, Chien-Ming
Wang(1-1), by the score of 3 to 1.
Santana gave Minnesota a solid outing. He allowed 4 hits and 4 walks in 6
innings. Minnesota finished with 7 hits in the victory.
Santana got help from Joe Nathan who earned his 2nd save. The losing pitcher
was Wang. He pitched 8 and 1/3 innings allowing 7 hits and 1 walk.
posted by spooky @ 9:31 PM,
