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 Jerry Hairston Jr. (NYY) News: Hairston filed for free agency on Tuesday, the Yankees' official site reports.  (RotoWire - Tue. Nov 10, 2009) Mark Teixeira (NYY) News: Teixeira has won a Gold Glove at first base, joining New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter among the American League players honored for fielding excellence.  (STATS - Tue. Nov 10, 2009) Derek Jeter (NYY) News: Jeter has won his fourth Gold Glove at shortstop, joining New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira among the American League players honored for fielding excellence.  (STATS - Tue. Nov 10, 2009)

Twins Joe Crede (MIN) News: Crede plans to have another surgery on his injured back.  (STATS - Tue. Nov 10, 2009) Boof Bonser (MIN) News: Bonser will have exploratory arthroscopic surgery on his ailing pitching shoulder, and he's likely to miss the entire season.  (STATS - Tue. Nov 10, 2009) Orlando Cabrera (MIN) News: Cabrera filed for free agency, the Twins' official web site reports.  (RotoWire - Tue. Nov 10, 2009)