We apparently erroneously felt the Yankees offense was coming around after saving Chien-Ming Wang on Saturday. Yesterday, Darrell Rasner had his first bad start and the Yankees offense was nowhere to be found. The Yankees knocked starting pitcher Nick Blackburn out of the game in a manner no one wanted and reliever Scott Patterson made an inauspicious debut. The outcome was a 5-1 Twins victory, snapping the Yankees 3-game losing streak, and sent the Yankees back to .500.The outcome seemed meaningless after Bobby Abreu's line drive hit Twins starting pitcher Nick Blackburn in the face. Thankfully, Blackburn only ended up with a bloody nose and bruises. There was nothing broken and he even returned to the Metrodome after going for X-Rays. A much relieved Abreu even spoke with Blackburn after the game.
Rasner ran into trouble right from the start. Carlos Gomez reached on a bunt single, and although Chad Moeller threw him out stealing, the Twins offense continued their 1st inning attack. Alexi Casilla doubled and Mike Redmond followed with a double. Justin Morneau bounced back to Rasner to freeze the runners, but Michael Cuddyer lined a 2-run single to center and the Twins would never trail.
The Yankees loaded the bases against Blackburn in the 3rd, but Alex Rodriguez struck out and Hideki Matsui grounded out. The Twins added to their lead in the 4th when Morneau doubled and eventually came around on Mike Lamb's sac fly for a 3-0 lead.Derek Jeter belted a solo home run, his 3rd of the season, with one out in the 5th to get the Yankees on the board, and then Abreu reached on his dangerous comebacker. While Blackburn was the one injured, the Yankees seemed to be most shaken up by it, going down weakly the rest of the game.
The Twins added two more runs in the game on RBI triples by Morneau and Cuddyer. The latter coming against Patterson who allowed a run on 2 hits and a walk in 1.1 innings in his major league debut.
News and Notes
Johnny Damon extended his hitting streak to 10 games, while Hideki Matsui's 0-4 ended his streak at 9 games. He still leads the AL with a .330 average.
Michael Cuddyer is 6-14 in the series with a home run, triple, and 6 RBI.
June 1, 2008
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |  | R | H | E | |
NY Yankees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |
Minnesota | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| NY Yankees | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Damon, LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .290 |
| Jeter, SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .271 |
| Abreu, RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .299 |
| Rodriguez, 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .287 |
| Matsui, DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .330 |
| Betemit, 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .237 |
| Cano, 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .220 |
| Moeller, C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .255 |
| a-Giambi, PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 |
| Cabrera, CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .265 |
| Totals | 33 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 | |
| a-Singled for Moeller in the 9th. | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Damon (17, Blackburn), Moeller (3, Blackburn). HR: Jeter (3, 5th inning off Blackburn, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Damon 2; Jeter 4; Abreu; Rodriguez; Cano; Moeller 2; Giambi; Cabrera. RBI: Jeter (26). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Matsui 3; Cabrera. GIDP: Moeller; Damon. Team LOB: 8. FIELDING E: Cabrera (2, throw). | ||||||||
| NY Yankees | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Rasner (L, 3-2) | 5.1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2.67 |
| Patterson | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Britton | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Minnesota | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Gomez, CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .282 |
| Casilla, 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Redmond, C | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .235 |
| Morneau, 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .308 |
| Cuddyer, RF | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 |
| Kubel, DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .238 |
| Young, LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .264 |
| Lamb, 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 |
| Harris, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .249 |
| Totals | 31 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | |
| BATTING 2B: Redmond (3, Rasner), Morneau (9, Rasner). 3B: Morneau (2, Rasner), Cuddyer (2, Patterson). TB: Gomez; Casilla; Redmond 2; Morneau 5; Cuddyer 5; Young. RBI: Cuddyer 3 (25), Lamb (24). 2-out RBI: Cuddyer 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Kubel 2; Harris; Gomez 2. SF: Lamb. Team LOB: 7. BASERUNNING CS: Gomez (6, 2nd base by Rasner/Moeller). FIELDING DP: 2 (Harris-Casilla-Morneau, Crain-Harris-Morneau). | ||||||||
| Minnesota | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Blackburn | 4.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3.32 |
| Bass (W, 2-1) | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.35 |
| Crain (H, 4) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.68 |
| Nathan | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.52 |
Pitches-strikes: Rasner 111-72, Patterson 40-21, Britton 14-9,
Blackburn 71-45, Bass 13-7, Crain 23-14, Nathan 18-11.
Ground outs-fly outs: Rasner 6-4, Patterson 2-0, Britton 3-1,
Blackburn 6-4, Bass 4-1, Crain 4-1, Nathan 1-0.
Batters faced: Rasner 25, Patterson 7, Britton 4, Blackburn 21,
Bass 5, Crain 6, Nathan 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Patterson 2-0, Britton 1-0, Bass 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Chris Tiller. 1B: Gary Darling. 2B: Jerry Meals. 3B: Bill Miller.
Weather: 69 degrees, dome.
Wind: Indoors.
T: 2:53.
Att: 27,479.
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