‘82 Twins sweep ‘90 Bronx Bumblers

9/13-9/14 - Yankee Stadium
GAME 1 - Twins 9, Yankees 1
The fans didn't even get a chance to walk across the street from Stan's Sports Bar and Grill before the Twins unloaded on Mike Witt.  The aforementioned hurler didn't even register an out before yielding 6 runs on 4 hits and hitting the showers.  Eric Plunk was called on to replace him and he barely fared better giving up 3 runs (2 earned) in 1 inning worth of work.  Minnesota scored 7 in the 1st and 2 in the second to make it an easy day for starter Darrell Jackson (2-0, 1.76).  Gary Ward, who hit his 6th homer of the season also had 2 RBI.  Steve Sax, who has been suffering from the "Yipps" all season made 2 more errors at second base, although he did account for 2 of New York's 5 hits.

GAME 2 - Twins 4, Yankees 2
Andy Hawkins (3-2, 1.77) served up a 4 spot in the top of the 3rd and his offense was never able to overcome it.  Alvin Williams tossed 8 solid innings (2 runs allowed) before giving way to former Yankee setup man Ron Davis who notched his second save of the season.  Gary Ward hit a 2 run shot in the 2nd (his second in consecutive games) and Tom Brunansky hit his 2 run shot 4 batters later to seal Hawkins and the Bombers' fate.  Once again New York was only able to muster up 5 hits.

9/15 - HHH Metrodome
GAME 3 - Twins 9, Yankees 7
After 5 1/2 innings of play the Yankees rallied to tie the score at 5 after being down 5-2.  Minnesota struck right back with 3 runs of their own in the bottom of the 6th to go ahead for good.  Yankee starter Dave LaPoint (1-5, 7.90) was putrid.  8 runs in 5 1/3 innings worth of work is not a quality start in anyone's book.  New York staged a comeback to bring it to within 2 runs, but could not overcome the burial job LaPoint did to the team.  Jesse "the arm" Barfield hit 2 round trippers for 4 RBI, but that didn't matter one bit.  Gary Gaetti was the hitting star for the Twins going 2 for 3 with 3 RBI's, 2 runs scored and a homer.  Bruno, who is hitting .341, somehow managed to stave off the golden sombrero with a sac fly in the 6th that almost went yard.