Game 3:

Sunday, October 11, 2009 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Team

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R

H

E

New York

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

2

4

7

0

Minnesota

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

7

0

WP: Andy Pettitte (1–0)   LP: Carl Pavano (0–1)

SV: Mariano Rivera (1)

Home runs:
NYY: Alex Rodriguez (2), Jorge Posada (1)
MIN: None



@ retrosheet.org

Starters Carl Pavano and Andy Pettitte matched zeroes until the bottom of the sixth, when Joe Mauer singled off Pettitte to put the Twins ahead 1–0. The Yankees seized the lead half an inning later on a pair of opposite field solo home runs by Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada. In the eighth, Nick Punto led off with a double off New York's Phil Hughes and Denard Span followed with an infield single, but Punto made a wide turn around third and was thrown out trying to get back to the bag, effectively ending the threat. The Yankees scored twice more in the ninth and Mariano Rivera recorded the final four outs, earning the save and sending the Yankees on to the American League Championship Series in the Twins' final game at the Metrodome.