Mussina and Baker battled for six innings with the Twins leading 2-1 and then in the seventh Juan Castro battled Mussina and singled after fouling off several pitches to extend the Twins lead to 3-1. The Yankees had a chance to tie the score in the fifth when Posada reached on an error and took second on the overthrow. He moved up to third on a fly ball and then Bernie Williams hit a drive to right which Lew Ford timed and threw a one hop strike to the plate to nail Posada. The replay looked like Posada avoided the tag but he was called out by the umpire.

In the eighth the Twins extended the lead to 5-1 when after two outs Torri Hunter blooped a double to right which fell in front of Bernie Williams. Justin Morneau then singled to left to score Hunter. Farnsworth couldn't get the second out and another run scored.

In the eighth the Yankees had a chance to tie the score when by trailing by only two they got the first two men on base but Bernie then hit into a double play and the next batter was retired without the Yankees scoring.

The series resumes tonight with Jaret Wright facing Twins ace Johan Santana.