2009 League Division Series - New York Yankees over Minnesota Twins (3-0)

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2009 League Division Series (3-0): New York Yankees (103-59) over Minnesota Twins (87-76)

WS: NYY-PHI / ALCS: NYY-LAA / NLCS: PHI-LAD / Div. Series: NYY-MIN / LAA-BOS / LAD-STL / PHI-COL
2008 ALDS1 / 2010 ALDS1

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at Yankee Stadium III (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0     2 10  1
    New York Yankees             0  0  2    1  3  0    1  0  x     7  9  0

    PITCHERS: MIN - Duensing, Liriano (5), Rauch (7), Mahay (8)
              NYY - Sabathia, Hughes (7), Coke (8), Chamberlain (8), Rivera (9)

               WP - CC Sabathia
	       LP - Brian Duensing
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: MIN - none
              NYY - Jeter, Matsui

  ATTENDANCE: 49,464

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 9, 2009 at Yankee Stadium III (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -     -  -  -
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  0    0  0  1    0  2  0    0  0     3 12  1
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  2    0  1     4  7  0

    PITCHERS: MIN - Blackburn, Mahay (6), Rauch (7), Guerrier (8), Nathan (9), Mijares (10)
              NYY - Burnett, Chamberlain (7), Coke (7), Hughes (8), Rivera (8), Aceves (10), Marte (11), Robertson (11)

               WP - David Robertson
	       LP - Jose Mijares
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: MIN - none
              NYY - Rodriguez, Teixeira

  ATTENDANCE: 50,006

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 11, 2009 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota Twins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  2     4  7  0
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     1  7  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Pettitte, Chamberlain (7), Hughes (8), Rivera (8)
              MIN - Pavano, Guerrier (8), Mahay (9), Rauch (9), Mijares (9), Nathan (9)

               WP - Andy Pettitte
	       LP - Carl Pavano
             SAVE - Mariano Rivera

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Posada, Rodriguez
              MIN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 54,735

Series Batting Stats

New York Yankees Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Alfredo Aceves	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	43	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
A.J. Burnett	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	33	5	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.400
Melky Cabrera	3	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	154	485	66	133	13	68	10	.274	.752
Robinson Cano	3	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	161	637	103	204	25	85	5	.320	.871
Francisco Cervelli	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	42	94	13	28	1	11	0	.298	.682
Joba Chamberlain	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Phil Coke	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	72	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Johnny Damon	3	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.083	.154	.083	.237	0	0	143	550	107	155	24	82	12	.282	.854
Brett Gardner	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	108	248	48	67	3	23	26	.270	.724
Jerry Hairston	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*131	383	62	96	10	39	7	.251	.710
Phil Hughes	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	51	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derek Jeter	3	10	4	4	2	0	1	2	3	0	.400	.538	.900	1.438	0	0	153	634	107	212	18	66	30	.334	.871
Damaso Marte	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hideki Matsui	3	9	1	2	0	0	1	2	3	3	.222	.417	.556	.972	0	0	142	456	62	125	28	90	0	.274	.876
Jose Molina	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	52	138	15	30	1	11	0	.217	.560
Andy Pettitte	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	5	1	1	0	1	0	.200	.600
Jorge Posada	3	11	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	2	.364	.364	.636	1.000	0	0	111	383	55	109	22	81	1	.285	.885
Mariano Rivera	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	66	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500
David Robertson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	45	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Rodriguez	3	11	4	5	0	0	2	6	1	2	.455	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	124	444	78	127	30	100	14	.286	.933
CC Sabathia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	4	1	1	0	1	0	.250	.500
Nick Swisher	3	12	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	.083	.083	.167	.250	0	0	150	498	84	124	29	82	0	.249	.869
Mark Teixeira	3	12	3	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	.167	.231	.417	.647	0	0	156	609	103	178	39	122	2	.292	.948
Totals	50	102	15	23	3	0	6	15	9	22	.225	.288	.431	.720	1	0	162	5660	915	1604	244		111	.283	.839

Minnesota Twins Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Nick Blackburn	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Orlando Cabrera	3	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	.154	.267	.154	.421	1	0	*160	656	83	186	9	77	13	.284	.705
Michael Cuddyer	3	14	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	.429	.429	.429	.857	0	0	153	588	93	162	32	94	6	.276	.862
Brian Duensing	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Gomez	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	137	315	51	72	3	28	14	.229	.623
Matt Guerrier	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	79	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brendan Harris	3	12	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	3	.250	.250	.417	.667	0	0	123	414	44	108	6	37	0	.261	.672
Jason Kubel	3	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	.071	.071	.071	.143	0	0	146	514	73	154	28	103	1	.300	.907
Francisco Liriano	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	29	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Ron Mahay	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*57	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Mauer	3	12	1	5	1	0	0	1	2	4	.417	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	138	523	94	191	28	96	4	.365	1.031
Jose Mijares	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	71	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Morales	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	54	119	14	37	0	7	0	.311	.742
Joe Nathan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	70	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Pavano	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Nick Punto	3	9	0	4	1	0	0	1	3	1	.444	.583	.556	1.139	0	0	125	359	56	82	1	38	16	.228	.621
Jon Rauch	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*75	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denard Span	3	15	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	2	.400	.400	.467	.867	1	0	145	578	97	180	8	68	23	.311	.807
Matt Tolbert	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	0	0	71	198	28	46	2	19	6	.232	.611
Delmon Young	3	12	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	5	.083	.214	.167	.381	1	0	108	395	50	112	12	60	2	.284	.733
Totals	44	113	6	29	4	1	0	5	9	34	.257	.328	.310	.638	3	0	163	5608	817	1539	172		85	.274	.774

New York Yankees Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Alfredo Aceves	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	1	1	2.000	43	1	3.54	10	1	1	84.0	69	16	69	1.012
A.J. Burnett	1	1	1.50	0	0	0	0	6.0	3	1	5	6	1.333	33	33	4.04	13	9	0	207.0	193	97	195	1.401
Joba Chamberlain	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	0	0	1	1.200	32	31	4.75	9	6	0	157.1	167	76	133	1.544
Phil Coke	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	1	0.000	72	0	4.50	4	3	2	60.0	44	20	49	1.067
Phil Hughes	3	0	9.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	2	1	3	3.000	51	7	3.03	8	3	3	86.0	68	28	96	1.116
Damaso Marte	1	0		0	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0		21	0	9.45	1	3	0	13.1	15	6	13	1.575
Andy Pettitte	1	1	1.42	1	0	0	0	6.1	3	1	1	7	0.632	32	32	4.16	14	8	0	194.2	193	76	148	1.382
Mariano Rivera	3	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	3.2	4	0	1	7	1.364	66	0	1.76	3	3	44	66.1	48	12	72	0.905
David Robertson	1	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	45	0	3.30	2	1	1	43.2	36	23	63	1.351
CC Sabathia	1	1	1.35	1	0	0	0	6.2	8	1	0	8	1.200	34	34	3.37	19	8	0	230.0	197	67	197	1.148
Totals	17	3	1.55	3	0	1	0	29.0	29	5	9	34	1.310	162	162	4.264	103	59		1450.0	1386	574	1260	1.352

Minnesota Twins Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Nick Blackburn	1	1	1.59	0	0	0	0	5.2	3	1	2	3	0.882	33	33	4.03	11	11	0	205.2	240	41	98	1.366
Brian Duensing	1	1	9.64	0	1	0	0	4.2	7	5	1	3	1.714	24	9	3.64	5	2	0	84.0	84	31	53	1.369
Matt Guerrier	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	2	0.000	79	0	2.36	5	1	1	76.1	58	16	47	0.969
Francisco Liriano	1	0	4.50	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	1	1.000	29	24	5.80	5	13	0	136.2	147	65	122	1.551
Ron Mahay	3	0	5.40	0	0	0	0	1.2	0	1	1	2	0.600	*57	0	4.29	2	1	0	50.1	62	22	42	1.669
Jose Mijares	2	0	13.50	0	1	0	0	0.2	1	1	1	0	3.000	71	0	2.34	2	2	0	61.2	50	23	55	1.184
Joe Nathan	2	0	9.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	2	1	2	3.000	70	0	2.10	2	2	47	68.2	42	22	89	0.932
Carl Pavano	1	1	2.57	0	1	0	0	7.0	5	2	0	9	0.714	*33	33	5.10	14	12	0	199.1	235	39	147	1.375
Jon Rauch	3	0	6.75	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	1	2	0	2.250	*75	0	3.60	7	3	2	70.0	70	23	49	1.329
Totals	16	3	4.67	0	3	0	0	27.0	23	14	9	22	1.185	163	163	4.497	87	76		1453.0	1542	466	1052	1.382

WS: NYY-PHI / ALCS: NYY-LAA / NLCS: PHI-LAD / Div. Series: NYY-MIN / LAA-BOS / LAD-STL / PHI-COL
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