Nova pitches into 5th inning, Yankees beat Twins
Posted March 20, 2016 7:00 am
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - Ivan Nova pitched into the fifth inning before Joe Mauer's two-run single finished him, and the New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 6-4 on Sunday.
Nova went 4 1/3 innings, giving up four runs on five hits and three walks.
Ervin Santana, making his third Grapefruit League start, went five innings and allowed three earned runs on two hits and three walks. The Yankees were helped by an error from right fielder Miguel Sano.
Home plate umpire Fielding Culbreth, left, stands by the plate as Minnesota Twins manager Paul Molitor, center, and New York Yankees third base coach Joe Espada (53) greet each other before the start of a spring training baseball game, Sunday, March 20, 2016, in Fort Myers, Fla. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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New York Yankees starting pitcher Ivan Nova cleans the mud off his spikes after pitching in the third inning of a spring training baseball game against the Minnesota Twins on Sunday, March 20, 2016, in Fort Myers, Fla. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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Fans sitting along the right field fence scatter as another reaches out for a foul ball that came off the bat of Minnesota Twins' Trevor Plouffe in the first inning of a spring training baseball game against the New York Yankees on Sunday, March 20, 2016, in Fort Myers, Fla. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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