Game 1:

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Team

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

R

H

E

New York

0

0

0

0

0

4

2

1

0

6

9

0

Minnesota

0

2

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

4

8

0

WP: CC Sabathia (1–0)   LP: Jesse Crain (0–1)

SV: Mariano Rivera (1)

Home runs:
NYY: Mark Teixeira (1)
MIN: Michael Cuddyer (1)



@ retrosheet.org

Hoping to break their streak of postseason defeats against the Yankees, the Twins struck first in this first postseason game in Target Field. In the bottom of the second inning, Yankee starter CC Sabathia hit the leadoff hitter, Jim Thome, then allowed a two-run home run by Michael Cuddyer. Orlando Hudson scored on Jorge Posada's passed ball to make it 3–0 in the bottom of the third inning.

Francisco Liriano held the Yankees scoreless until the top of the sixth inning. Following Robinson Canó's and Jorge Posada's RBI singles, Curtis Granderson's RBI triple scored both Canó and Posada, made it 4–3 Yankees, and knocked Liriano out of the game.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, Danny Valencia's bases-loaded walk tied the game at 4–4.

The Yankees took the lead again in the top of the seventh inning as Mark Teixeira hit a two-run homer to right field. Yankees closer Mariano Rivera's four-out save (his 40th career postseason save) sealed the Game 1 win.