Mussina leads Yanks to 10th straight home win
NEW YORK (AP)—Mike Mussina baffled the Twins for eight innings, Alex Rodriguez hit a two-run double and the New York Yankees beat Minnesota 5-1 Wednesday for their 10th straight home win.
Justin Christian drove in two runs with a double, and Richie Sexson had a sacrifice fly and 13 putouts and three assists at first base as the Yankees completed a 6-0, post-break homestand with sweeps of Oakland and the Twins.
Up next is a trip to Boston, with the Yankees taking their mediocre 23-23 road record into Fenway Park for three games starting Friday.
The Twins did not get a runner past second base against Mussina (13-6) in losing their fourth straight game. Mussina scattered six hits, retiring 14 of the first 17 batters and walking none for the third straight start.
He has given up just five runs in his past five starts and now has 263 career wins.
Cries of “Moose” from the crowd of 54,114 reached a crescendo as the 39-year-old right-hander with a deep bending motion struck out the final two batters of the eighth, then tipped his hat to the crowd just before descending into the Yankees dugout.
NEW YORK (AP)—Mike Mussina baffled the Twins for eight innings, Alex Rodriguez hit a two-run double and the New York Yankees beat Minnesota 5-1 Wednesday for their 10th straight home win.
Justin Christian drove in two runs with a double, and Richie Sexson had a sacrifice fly and 13 putouts and three assists at first base as the Yankees completed a 6-0, post-break homestand with sweeps of Oakland and the Twins.
Up next is a trip to Boston, with the Yankees taking their mediocre 23-23 road record into Fenway Park for three games starting Friday.
The Twins did not get a runner past second base against Mussina (13-6) in losing their fourth straight game. Mussina scattered six hits, retiring 14 of the first 17 batters and walking none for the third straight start.
He has given up just five runs in his past five starts and now has 263 career wins.
Cries of “Moose” from the crowd of 54,114 reached a crescendo as the 39-year-old right-hander with a deep bending motion struck out the final two batters of the eighth, then tipped his hat to the crowd just before descending into the Yankees dugout.
