The Twins have lost 14 of their last 15 games @ NYY (old and new stadium)
In 14 games, the Twins have only won once at the New Yankee stadium. By contrast, the Yankees have only lost once at the new Target Field. Javy Vazquez was pitching.
Since 2008, the Twins are 4-22 against the Yankees.
Twins even dropped 2 of 3 at Citi Field last season.
Last night, this remarkable trend continued as Gardenhire slumped over the railing in the 2nd inning after the second Yankee HR of the night paced NY to a 4-0 lead over the struggling Twins.
However, give credit where its due, Scott Baker and the Twins did not allow the game to get out of hand. With 2 on and 2 out with the game 4-2, Scott Baker induced fly to left that would've been routine for any outfielder BUT Delmon Young. Great play.
For those of you who don't remember Delmon Young from his playing days in the Tampa farm system, here's a refresher course. He's looking rounder this year, and Twins fans may say it gives him a "Puckett-esque" appearance, but I disagree.
"Delmon! You're so fat, you look like you're about to HAVE Twins!"
He responded to our taunts by meekly grounding into a double play. According to Fangraphs, this heckle alone notched the Yankee win probability from 58% to 71%. Its only April, but the team and their fans are rounding into midseason form.
Player notes:
A-Rod - Still looks absolutely menacing at the plate. One bomb to left, one warning track fly to deep center held in by the wind, and 2 double play balls. One of the two was a hard hit, tough grab, the other was a Jeter-ian slow roller.
Jeter - Put some good swings on some balls down the line in the 3rd inning that just went foul. That's about all I have positive to say about his performance, 4 very weak at bats and an error in the field on a slow roller by Jim Thome. No panic yet, but he's looking awfully alot like 2010, and not 2009.
Nova - First 3 innings I tweeted he was breezing through the Twins lineup. 27 pitches, no hits. Then the 2010 Nova stood up, with his traditional 4th/5th inning problems, but unlike last year, was able to work through it and complete a 6th inning with the lead intact. Great 1st start for Nova but still lots of room for improvement
Joba/Soriano/Rivera - We saw the combo on opening day, but now we got to see it with a 1-run lead against a potential playoff opponent that can score many different ways. Mariano having saved 2 of our first 3 games, came in and through his first 12 pitches, all for strikes, and all cutters. There's nothing but love and admiration anyone in the bullpen not named Colon this year
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