Yanks Get Spanked
By JoeDavis
The Minnesota Twins crushed the Yankees tonight 8-2. Corey Koskie led the Twins with a home run and 3 RBI while going 3-4. Justin Morneau added a home run. Both homeruns were off Javier Vazquez who falls to 13-7 after allowing 6 earned runs and raising his ERA to 4.29.
This was the Minnesota Twins' first win against the Yankees in the regular season since 2001.
Brad Radke won his first game in four starts since July 26th. He allowed 6 hits, one included a solo home run to Gary Sheffield. This was Sheffield's 28th home run of the season. Earlier in the season, Sheffield wasn't putting up the homeruns that Georgie thought. But recently he has gone on a home run tear. 17 of his 28 homeruns have been since the All Star break. Sheffield along with A-Rod seem to be the only Yankees consistently producing lately.
Even with Sheffield's offense he could not carry the Yankees to the victory tonight.
With the loss, the Yankees lead over the Red Sox in the division by 9 games as the Red Sox picked up a game today (WooHoo!).
With the win, it is a sigh of relief for the Twins. This is only the 4th game they have won in the last 12 games. They still lead over the Indians by 3 and a half games.
