Mark Teixeira's career-long homer drought is finally over. After sending a Francisco Liriano fastball some 420 feet into the Metrodome seats on Thursday, Teixeira thinks his next long ball may not be far behind. Teixeira ended a 23-game homerless stretch and the New York Yankees completed a season sweep of the Minnesota Twins with a 6-4 victory. downlevel descriptionThis video requires the Adobe Flash Player. Download a free version of the player.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Fri 5/15	NYY	MIN 4 at NYY 5	W: Veras L: Nathan
Sat 5/16	NYY	MIN 4 at NYY 6	W: Aceves L: Breslow
Sun 5/17	NYY	MIN 2 at NYY 3	W: Aceves L: Crain
Mon 5/18	NYY	MIN 6 at NYY 7	W: Pettitte L: Perkins
Tue 7/7	Min	NYY 10 at MIN 2	W: Sabathia L: Baker
Wed 7/8	Min	NYY 4 at MIN 3	W: Burnett L: Swarzak
Thu 7/9	Min	NYY 6 at MIN 4	W: Albaladejo L: Liriano
Wed 10/7	NYY	MIN 2 at NYY 7	W: Sabathia L: Duensing
Fri 10/9	NYY	MIN 3 at NYY 4	W: Robertson L: Mijares
Sun 10/11	Min	NYY 4 at MIN 1	W: Pettitte L: Pavano

Box Scores

Yankees (51 - 34) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Twins (43 - 43) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. D Jeter, SS 4 0 1 1 1 2. N Swisher, RF 5 0 0 0 0 3. M Teixeira, 1B 4 1 1 1 0 4. A Rodriguez, DH 3 1 1 0 1 5. J Posada, C 3 2 1 0 0 6. R Cano, 2B 4 2 1 0 0 7. M Cabrera, LF 4 0 1 0 0 8. C Ransom, 3B 3 0 1 2 1 9. B Gardner, CF 4 0 1 2 0 Totals 34 6 8 6 3		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. D Span, CF 4 0 0 1 1 2. M Tolbert, 2B 3 0 0 1 1 2. B Harris, PH 1 0 1 0 0 3. J Mauer, DH 5 0 2 0 0 4. J Morneau, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 5. J Kubel, LF 3 1 1 1 1 6. M Cuddyer, RF 3 2 1 0 1 7. B Buscher, 3B 3 1 1 0 1 8. M Redmond, C 2 0 0 0 0 8. J Morales, PH-C 1 0 0 0 0 9. N Punto, SS 4 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 4 6 3 5
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* A Aceves 3.1 4 4 3 1 2 2.49 D Robertson 1.0 0 0 0 3 2 2.53 J Albaladejo (W, 4-1) 1.2 0 0 0 1 2 5.04 P Coke (H, 9) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 3.13 P Hughes (H, 5) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 4.01 M Rivera (S, 23) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2.43		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* F Liriano (L, 4-9) 5.1 7 6 3 2 5 5.47 R Dickey 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 2.83 J Mijares 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 1.98 M Guerrier 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2.56
* = Season Stat
BATTING 2B: R Cano (23), M Cabrera (13) HR: M Teixeira (21) BASERUNNING SB: A Rodriguez (3)CS: B Gardner (4)		BATTING 2B: M Cuddyer (19) HR: J Kubel (14)

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Player News

Yankees Johnny Damon (NYY) News: FoxSports.com is reporting that Scott Boras may use Bobby Abreu's two-year, $19 million contract as a baseline for negotiations for Johnny Damon's next deal. Both players will be 36 on opening day, and Damon is coming off an excellent season in which he hit .282 with 24 homers.   (Fanball - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Johnny Damon (NYY) News: According to Ken Davidoff on Twitter, the Yankees are making Johnny Damon their top free agent priority this offseason.  (Fanball - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Shelley Duncan (NYY) News: The Yankees have outrighted first baseman Shelley Duncan from Triple-A.  (Fanball - Sat. Nov 21, 2009)

Twins Joe Mauer (MIN) News: In a near unanimous decision, Joe Mauer has been named the 2009 American League Most Valuable Player, according to BBWAA.com.   (Fanball - Mon. Nov 23, 2009) Joe Mauer (MIN) News: Mauer has become only the second catcher in 33 years to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award. The Minnesota Twins star was a near-unanimous winner in voting announced Monday by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, receiving 27 of 28 first-place votes and 387 points. Yankees teammates Mark Teixeira and Derek Jeter were second and third.  (STATS - Mon. Nov 23, 2009) Estarlin De Los Santos (MIN) News: De Los Santos was added to Minnesota's 40-man roster.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)