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New York Yankees-Minnesota Twins: Joba and Mo Can’t Close Out Twins

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Minnesota « 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 9 0 N.Y. Yankees 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 11 0 WP: N. Blackburn (4-1) LP: J. Chamberlain (1-2)
SV: J. Rauch (10)

Well, that was quite a shock, wasn't it?

With the Yankees winning 3-1, this game headed to the eighth, and the usually reliable combination of Joba Chamberlain and Mariano Rivera .

Joba allowed a single to Denard Span to start the inning and then two batters later walked Joe Mauer to put two on with one out. He then struck out Justin Morneau on a nasty slider for the second out of the inning and I thought the worst was over.

It wasn't.

Michael Cuddyer was next and he hit a soft line drive toward ...

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