Perkins Dominates as Twins Dismiss Yanks
In a season that is more or less no different from most others, the American League East division is going to boil down the final week or two of the season, and will include the two historically dominate teams, the Yankees and the Red Sox. However, the Tampa Bay Rays will have something to say about who wins that division and fans NY Yankees tickets will become hot commodities, as will those for the Red Sox and Rays.
Yesterday, the Yankees attempted to match a victory by the Red Sox to stay in the hunt in the division. With the Rays on a recent roll, the Yankees and Sox both need every victory to remain alive in the race. The problem, for the Yankees, was that they ran into a brick wall on Monday in the form of Glen Perkins. The Twins pitcher threw eight scoreless innings as Minnesota blanked the Yankees 4-0. Obviously the offense for the Yankees was nada, while Adam Everett led the way for Minnesota with a one-for-three night that included a two-run home run.
The loss drops the Yankees to a whopping nine games out of first, behind the Rays, while the Red Sox are four games out. The nine game deficit is the largest one the Yankees have seen in over a month-and-a-half and makes their road that much harder as the season is down to the final six weeks.
