Mariano Rivera notched his 11th save of the season on Thursday afternoon vs. the Twins at Yankee Stadium. Hideki Matsui broke up a tie game with a two run homer in the bottom of the eighth. His round tripper gave the Yankees and Rivera a 7-5 lead.
Mo needed the lead as he was hit by the Twins. Luis Rodriguez led off with a line single to right. Jason Kubel pinch hit and hit a soft liner up the middle which just skimmed the cut out of the infield grass and skipped under Jeter's glove to center. Rodriguez took third on the play and the Twins were set up. Jason Tyner then pinch ran for Kubel. Jaosn Bartlett struck out for the first out. Tyner stole second to put the tying runs in scoring position. Joe Mauer grounded to deep short for the second out but a run scored to make it 7-6. With the tying run at second Mo faced Michael Cuddyer. He worked the count full before being called out on a check swing by the first base umpire to end the game.
For Rivera it was his 11th save of the season and 424th of his career which ties him with John Franco for third place all time. His season ERA now stands at 3.94.
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