NEW YORK 3, MINNESOTA 0 IN NEW YORK

Date:  Sunday, May 19.

Batting star:  Dustan Mohr was 2-for-4.

Pitching stars:  Mike Jackson pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.  J. C. Romero pitched a scoreless inning, walking one and striking out one.

Opposition stars:  Roger Clemens struck out thirteen in eight shutout innings, giving up four hits and two walks.  Alfonso Soriano was 3-for-4.  Robin Ventura was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer, his eleventh, and a walk.

The game:  Derek Jeter singled home Soriano in the first inning, giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead before anyone was out.  It stayed 1-0 until the sixth, when Ventura hit a two-run homer.  The Twins had men on second and third in the second and on first and third in the fourth.  They also got the tying run to the plate with two out in the ninth, but Mariano Rivera struck out pinch-hitter Brian Buchanan to end the game.

WP:  Clemens (7-2).  LP:  Matt Kinney (1-4).  S:  Mariano Rivera (13).

Notes:  Kielty again played first base, going 1-for-4 to make his average .324.  David Ortiz was in the lineup as the DH...Jay Canizaro was at third, with Denny Hocking at second...Kinney struck out six in 5.1 innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on eight hits and a walk...Torii Hunter was 0-for-4, dropping his average to .331...Mohr raised his average to .324...A. J. Pierzynski was 0-for-2 with a walk, making his average .303...Jackson's ERA fell to 1.00...Romero's ERA was 0.36...Future Twins Rondell White was in the lineup for the Yankees, going 0-for-3.

Record:  The Twins were 25-20, in first place by a half game over Chicago, who had gone 3-7 over the last ten games just as the Twins had.