Yanks' Pen Struggles in Loss to Twins

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yankees	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	4	9	0
Twins	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	x	5	8	0

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0

0

2

0

0

1

0

1

4

9

0

Twins

0

0

0

1

0

0

4

0

x

5

8

0

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H

E

Yankees

0

0

0

2

0

0

1

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1

4

9

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Twins

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1

0

0

4

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5

8

0

Phil Hughes pitches against the Twins on Tuesday. (Getty Images)

The Yankees were unable to recover after their shaky seventh inning as they were defeated 5-4 by the Twins on Tuesday.

Phil Hughes started for the Yankees and he pitched decent. Hughes allowed 4 runs on 6 hits in 6 2/3 innings of work. He struck out 4 and walked 1. Hughes pitched better than his line shows. He exited in the sixth with 99 pitches thrown, in which 69 of them were for strikes.

Boone Logan replaced Hughes in the sixth inning, but could not escape the bases loaded jam. Logan issued a wild pitch, which scored one, then allowed a two-run single to give the Twins a 4-3 lead. The Twins would score one more on a Joe Mauer RBI single.

Nick Swisher and Curtis Granderson provided the offense tonight as they both hit jacks in the game.

Andruw Jones came on in the ninth inning to pinch hit for Raul Ibanez and he hit a hanging slider for a home run. The Yankees wouldn't be able to score once more as they suffered the loss.

The Yankees and Twins will conclude their three game set tomorrow.