Make that four times as he meekly goes down

Pettitte whiffs Cuddyer on some really bad swings to end the inning. Glad he whiffed there or his BABIP would have taken a beating if he put one of those out-of-the-zone pitches into play.Top 7th: Alex does it again!!! He has immense power the other way. Looks like Young could have had that ball, but it lands in the stands.With the lead now, it will be interesting to see how Joe Girardi plays the last three innings. Stay with the very effective Pettitte or go to the bullpen I say stay with the starter.

You already know how he is pitching.Do you really want to put it in the hands of Joba ChamberlainBottom 7th: Pettitte looks great in getting Kubel swinging. It seems like Girardi has fallen into this trap.But, despite a double by Young off of Joba, he gets out of further trouble. Another good Jeter positioning play as he covers third on that ball Alex grabs in the third base hole. Alex bobbled the ball but shows off his tremendous throwing arm you know the one that always seems to have an attractive woman attached to it when he is not throwing out base runners.Great scoop by Tex, too.Morales K's to end the inning Missing badly at a slider in the dirt He stinks and it was a mistake to have him in the lineup. Mike Redmond is better than Morales.Top 8th: Nothing doing for the Yankees as Matt Guerrier sets them down in order.Bottom 8th: You know it will be Phil Hughes, but does Girardi stay with him if Mauer gets up this inning Or does he bring in Phil Coke to face Mauer, who already has homered off Coke this season Or maybe Mariano Rivera for more than three outsHughes allows the pesky Nick Punto a leadoff double. Oh boy! Here we go, down to the wire again in another tightly contested Yankees-Twins game.That is a major blunder on Punto's part. Then Posada made a great throw (low and right on the bag) to allow an easy tag by Alex on Punto trying to dive back.

Just ask Jeremy Giambi.Second time tonight Punto ate some of the MetroDome turf. Although I am sure that right field baggie will command some big bucks.Span still on first base with two outs and Mauer coming up.Girardi answers our earlier question as Mariano Rivera comes on to face Mauer with the tying run (the speedy Span) on first base.Wow, that first pitch was right over the middle of the plate! Mauer fouls it off, but I bet he wishes he had that one back! I am confident that Mauer was shocked the ball was down the pipe as he likely expected the cutter in on the hands.Rivera has been a little off in his location all series. That RBI single by Span Friday night was another pitch that was supposed to be inside, but was left over the plate.Next pitch to MVP Mauer is where it is supposed to be in on the hands and Rivera shatters Mauer's bat into a thousand pieces. Damon is having an awful series, and has already struck out three times tonight.Make that four times as he meekly goes down.After Tex walks, Alex takes a couple really close pitches to force first and second with one out. Great at-bat by Alex.Another pitching change by Gardenhire as he brings in Mijares to face Matsui, who has the highest slugging percentage at .618 against lefty pitchers of any left-handed hitter in the AL.