Twins' Yankee Stadium Curse Continues

Just a quick update on yesterday's game. The curse for the Twins continued at the Stadium yesterday with a 7-1 loss at the hand of Andy Pettitte and the Yanks. Ron Gardenhire is now 3-25 managing in the Bronx and 0-11 since last year. Good game all around for the Yanks. No time to recap so here are my grades:

Starting Pitching (Pettitte): A-; good game overall, no runs, only 2 hits. But 3 walks and 2 Ks. Only completed 6 and 1/3. Could have pitched deeper so no A or A+ but can't ask for much more as Andy continues his phenomenal start to 2010.

Offense: A; scored a run in the 1st inning and, despite a drought in the middle innings once Liriano settled down, had timely hitting in the latter innings that put the game away. After a bit of a lull on the recent roadtrip, the offense looks like it's clickin' again.

Bullpen: A- Robertson was alright, walked 1. More importantly Marte struck out PH Thome in a key spot. Boone Logan pitched two effective innings allowing 1 run.

The Yanks face the Twins again at 1pm today with Sergio Mitre taking the hill. Weather looks fantastic again with temperatures near 70 and a nice refreshing breeze.

Side note: Girardi announced that Hughes will pitch Monday with CC Tuesday, meaning Javy misses his turn and gets pushed to Friday. Shows they are rewarding Hughes for the good work he has done so far this year--maybe more on this in a later post.