Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 5, NY Yankees 1
When: 2:10 PM ET, Sunday, June 1, 2008
Where: Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Chris Tiller, 1B - Gary Darling, 2B - Jerry Meals, 3B - Bill Miller
Attendance: 27479
Where: Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Chris Tiller, 1B - Gary Darling, 2B - Jerry Meals, 3B - Bill Miller
Attendance: 27479
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| NY Yankees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
Team Records
| Team | W/L | Home | Away | Streak |
| NY Yankees | 28-28 | 14-12 | 14-16 | L1 |
| Minnesota | 29-27 | 17-14 | 12-13 | W1 |
Recap Quick Hits
- With this win, the Minnesota Twins have a 17-14 record at home this season. The New York Yankees have a 14-16 record on the road.
- Minnesota has a streak of 1 straight up win. The Twins have won 6 of their last 10 games.
- NY Yankees has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Yankees have won 7 of their last 10 games.
- Brian Bass pitched 1.2 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 5.35. Darrell Rasner took the loss for NY Yankees.
- Derek Jeter had the only homerun for NY Yankees.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| NY Yankees | Minnesota | |
| Darrell Rasner | Player | Nick Blackburn |
| Loss | W/L | Loss |
| 5.1 | IP | 4.1 |
| 5 | Strikeouts | 3 |
| 8 | Hits | 5 |
| 6.75 | ERA | 2.08 |
Hitting
| NY Yankees | Minnesota | |
| Jason Giambi | Player | Michael Cuddyer |
| 1 | Hits | 3 |
| 0 | RBI | 3 |
| 0 | HR | 0 |
| 1 | TB | 5 |
| 1.000 | Avg | .750 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| NY Yankees | 8 | 1 | 13 | .242 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 9 | 0 | 15 | .290 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |