The Yankees starter immediately collapsed to the ground in pain.
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“Really, really scary”, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
“It seems like your heart just drops into your stomach and you’re scared for the kid and you see blood coming out”, Girardi said.
Mitchell was taken to New York Presbyterian Hospital for an evaluation and diagnosed with a small nasal fracture. Don’t be surprised if you see Chris Capuano back again, though he still has to pass through waivers unclaimed.
From the very beginning this game had an uneasy feel to it. Not only was the entire Yankee Stadium crowd horrified to witness New York Yankees starting pitcher Bryan Mitchell getting smacked in the face to a line drive, but the exit of slugger Mark Teixeira upped anxiety levels to new heights. The Twins, who had two men on, scored a run on the play. Brian McCann had a brilliant day at the plate and behind it, as threw out three runners at second base and collected five RBIs.
The ex-Yankee bobbled the ball, however, and threw to first rather than home, ending the game.
Nunez, who said he just reacted after booting the grounder, slowly walked off the field.
Yankees rookie Greg Bird doubled off Glen Perkins (1-4) to open the 10th.
The ball was hit right to Eduardo Nunez, who was playing in at short. Then they play four games in Baltimore against an Orioles team that currently holds the second Wild Card spot.
The New York Yankees look to sweep the Minnesota Twins Wednesday. Yankees however said that they will monitor Bryan’s condition to see if there are any symptoms of a concussion.
Caleb Cotham while talking about him said, “I talked to him, and he said he’s feeling fine…He’s here, somewhere”. “Even though these guys are great players, when you’re going through a tough time, a little success helps. The face is pretty much something that’s going to be unprotected, no matter what you do”. After hitting timely home runs during the weekend in Toronto, Beltran erased a 7-5 deficit by hitting a two-run homer off left-hander Brian Duensing.
Rookie Miguel Sano, Trevor Plouffe and Aaron Hicks homered for Minnesota.
The Yankees tacked on three insurance runs in the eighth and Andrew Miller got the final four outs for his 27th save.
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A-Rod: Rodriguez entered his bases loaded at-bat against J.R. Graham having not hit a home run since July 27th, which was his 40th birthday. Beltran was intentionally walked to bring up Headley – and the defining moment of the night.
