#506---MIN @ NYA, 4/4/2011

 

Alex Rodriguez (#615 of his career) and Jorge Posada each hit two-run homers off Scott Baker in the first two innings to stake Ivan Nova to a 4-0 lead. Minnesota got RBI doubles from Jim Thome in the fourth (two runs) and Tsuyoshi Nishioka in the fifth (one run), and after that there was very little offense the rest of the way. Only one runner reached second base for either team (Cano in the Yankee sixth), and the back-end of the Yankee bullpen each pitched one shutout inning (Joba Chamberlain in the seventh, Rafael Soriano in the eighth, Mariano Rivera in the ninth) to preserve a 4-3 win.