Yankees come back to beat Twins

Box Score:
-------------1------2------3------4------5------6------7------8------9----------R---H---E
Yankees--0------0------0------0------0------4-----2-------0-----0----------6---9----0
Twins-----0------2------1------0------0-------1-----0-------0-----0----------4---8---0

(Yankees lead series 1-0)

C.C. Sabathia had a rough start. After a scoreless first, he let up a 2-run HR to Micheal Cuddeyer in the second inning. Then, Orlando Hudson singled, made his way to third base, and scored on C.C.'s wild pitch in the third inning to give Minnesota a 3-0 advantage. Liriano pitched 5 scoreless innings, until exploding in the 6th inning giving up 4 runs to the Yankees. Then the Yankees tacked on 2 more runs in the seventh to give them a three run lead, 6-3. Twins scored again in the seventh, but that was it. The final score was 6-4 Yankees.

Pitching:--K---IP---H---R---ER---BB
Yankees
Sabathia--5---6.0---5---4-----3-----3
B. Logan--0---.2-----1----0-----0-----0
D. Robertson--1---.1------0---0-----0-----0
K. Wood---1---.2-----1---0------0-----1
M. Rivera-0---1.1----1---0------0------0


Twins
Liriano---7---5.2---6----4-----4------3
J. Mijares--0---.1------0----0-----0-----0
J. Crain--0---.1------3-----2-----2-----0
B. Fuentes-1---1.2-----0-----0-----0-----0
J. Rauch-0----1-----0------0-----0-----0

Scoring Plays:

Inning 1- No scoring
Inning 2- Michael Cuddeyer hits a 2-run HR (off Sabathia, driving in J. Thome)
Inning 3- Orlando Hudson scores on a wild pitch (off Sabathia)
Inning 4- No scoring
Inning 5- No scoring
Inning 6- Yankees- Robinson Cano singles to drive in Tiexara. Jorge Posada Singles, A-rod scores. Curtis Granderson triples, driving in Cano and Posada scores.( All off of Liriano
Twins- D. Valecia walked, J. Thome scores.
Inning 7- Mark Tiexara hits a home run, N. Swisher scores (off Crain)
Inning 8- No scoring
Inning 9- No scoring

Winning Pitcher- C.C. Sabathia (1-0 in playoffs)
Losing Pitcher- Jesse Crain (0-1 in playoffs)
Save- Mariano Rivera (1st save of playoffs

Game 2 Thursday, First pitch at 6