Even with the loss, the Joe Mauer-Brett Gardner play was sick. Swine flu sick. (Editor's note: it would feel much better if it happened in a Twins' win.) According to the Star-Ledger's Colin Stephenson the Yankees center fielder Gardner, who Mauer tagged with a diving save attempting to score in the bottom of the ninth, believed Mauer was throwing to first on the play. "I didn't really think he was going to hold on to the ball, to be honest with you,'' Gardner said. "I thought he was going to throw it to first, and if he had, I would have been able to get home a little easier than what ended up happening.'' Gardner added advice that teammate Nick Swisher shared with him, "[he] was telling me I should have hit the brakes, because he would have dove right past me."
Yankees manager and former catcher Joe Girardi was also in awe of the play telling reporters "This is a young man that ...
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PLAYERS:
Joe Mauer,
Brett Gardner,
Nick Swisher,
Joe Girardi,
Carlos Gomez,
Robinson Cano,
Joe Nathan,
Melky Cabrera,
Nick Blackburn,
Alex Rodriguez,
Sean Henn,
Bobby Keppel,
Luis Ayala,
Huston Street,
Russ Springer,
Jose Valverde,
John Grabow,
Danys Baez,
Pat Neshek
TEAMS: Oakland Athletics
TEAMS: Oakland Athletics
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