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Yankees, C.C. Sabathia Down Twins 8-2
The Twins lost 8-2 to the New York Yankees Wednesday in the final game of the 3-game series. Sam Deduno left the game after 1 2/3 innings with eye irritation. Deduno had no hits and no runs allowed with 2 strikeouts. Alexi Casilla 2 hits and both Matt Carson and Pedro Florimon had 1 hit and 1 RBI. Chris Dickerson hit a 2-run homerun and C.C. Sabathia threw 8 innings with 2 earned runs allowed to get the win. Sabathia had 10 strikeouts.
Yankees, Pettitte Top Twins 6-3; Activate Capps
The Yankees defeated the Twins 6-3 Monday night behind the pitching of veteran Andy Pettitte. Pettitte threw 7 shutout innings with 7 hits allowed to get the win and improve to 5-3. Liam Hendriks allowed 8 hits, 4 homeruns, and 6 earned runs in 6 1/3 innings to take the loss and drop to 1-8. Pedro Florimon went 2-4 with a solo homerun for the Twins. Chris Parmelee hit a 2-run triple for the Twins.