Mark Teixeira hit a tie

Mark Teixeira hit a tie, two-run homer in the seventh inning to rally the New York Yankees over the Minnesota Twins, 6-4, Wednesday night in Game 1 of the Division Series American League.
Yankees ace CC Sabathia worked, but reliever David Robertson struck Jim Thome in a key and Mariano Rivera got the final four outs to close another victory for the defending champions of the World Series.
The Yankees rallied from a 3-0 deficit against Francisco Liriano and improved to 10-2 against the Twins in the postseason since 2003.
Even a call, driven by the referees - shadows of the past two playoffs - that was against the Yankees with two outs in the bottom of the ninth will not hurt them.
"It's just bad luck of Minnesota. We just keep fighting. That's a great team over there. We have played many tough games against them," said Teixeira.
Michael Cuddyer hit a homer, double and two RBIs for the Twins, who played his first playoff game outdoors in Minnesota since 1970.
They expected a ragged movement of beautiful outdoor Metrodome Target Field to turn its fortunes around, but it was more of the same against the powerful Yankees.
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