Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Sports News

MLB: Minnesota 4, N.Y. Yankees 2

(Boxscore)
|
|
 
  
Published: Aug. 13, 2008 at 4:46 PM

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Delmon Young belted a key three-run home run Wednesday in guiding Minnesota to a 4-2 win over the New York Yankees.

The left fielder's seventh home run of the season gave Minnesota a 3-1 lead with one out in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Brian Buscher hit a sacrifice fly in the sixth and, like Young, Joe Mauer had two hits for the Twins, who move into a tie for first place with the Chicago White Sox in the American League Central Division.

Winner Kevin Slowey (9-8) gave up an earned run and three hits in six innings.

Closer Joe Nathan followed three other relievers to record his 32nd save.

New York scored on Jason Giambi's first-inning single and Dennys Reyes' eighth-inning wild pitch.

Losing pitcher Darrell Rasner (5-9) gave up three runs -- two earned -- and four hits in five innings.

Topics: Brian Buscher, Joe Mauer
© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Super Bowl XLVI ticker tape victory parade N.Y. Giants win Super Bowl XLVI Cheerleaders of 2012
Additional Sports News Stories
1 of 25
Meryl Streep and Colin Firth attend the "BAFTA" ceremony in London
View Caption
fark
High school coach retires at 65 after getting arrested nude, "aroused" in car backseat with 17-year-old...
Man arrested for stealing $25k worth of Tide detergent. Witnesses say the suspect appeared quite...
News: Two cars fighting gun battle on Interstate accidentally fire into car of innocent women. Fark:...
Dads, before showing "The Smurfs" DVD from your laptop at your kid's birthday party, make sure you...
It's a Jeep thing. You wouldn't understand
Baby shower ends with three people stabbed after a drunken argument between relatives of mom-to-be...