Sabathia shakes early struggles, lifts Yankees

CC Sabathia shook off early trouble to get a rare April win for the Yankees and backup catcher Chris Stewart hit a go-ahead, two-run single and had three RBIs for the first time in his career to lead New York over the Minnesota Twins 8-3 Tuesday night.
Apr 18, 2012, 05:30 pm - Associated Press
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C. Sabathia
win

C. Sabathia1-0

7.1 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 7 K, 1 BB
F. Liriano
loss

F. Liriano0-2

2.1 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 2 K, 4 BB

Scoring Summary

Inning

MINNYY
2ndJ Willingham homered to center (418 feet).10
2ndB Gardner hit a ground rule double to left, C Granderson scored, E Nunez to third.11
3rdC Thomas doubled to deep left, A Casilla scored.21
3rdJ Carroll singled to right center, C Thomas scored.31
3rdE Nunez reached on infield single to shortstop, A Jones scored.32
3rdC Stewart singled to left, C Granderson and E Nunez scored, B Gardner to third, C Stewart to second advancing on throw.34
3rdD Jeter hit sacrifice fly to right, B Gardner scored, C Stewart to third.35
4thA Jones homered to left (359 feet).36
5thD Jeter singled to center, B Gardner scored.37
7thC Stewart singled to left, B Gardner scored.38
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