Morning Bits

Good morning everyone!

The Yankees completed a sweep of the Twins yesterday by a score of 9-5.

Ichiro Suzuki, Vernon Wells, Zoilo Almonte, Luis Cruz and Travis Hafner lead the way offensively for the Yankees.

David Phelps was sharp until the 7th inning when the Twins managed to cut their deficit from eight runs to four runs with four of those runs charged to Phelps and the other to Boone Logan.

The Yankees will play the Orioles in the Bronx tonight as they start a ten-game home stand that leads into the All-Star break. The next time the Yankees play a road game will be two weeks from today in Boston.

Ivan Nova(2-2, 4.63 ERA) will face Miguel Gonzalez(6-3, 3.77 ERA) in tonight's game which begins at 7:05 PM ET and will be broadcast by YES.

Now on to today's news links:

Stephen Lorenzo of the New York Daily News writes that Derek Jeter is close to returning in rehab games.

Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News reports that Francisco Cervelli has suffered a setback and won't be returning until August at the earliest.

Wally Matthews of ESPNNewYork.com says Alex Rodriguez isn't the noble man he's portraying himself to be.

Derek Goold of the Post-Dispatch.com covers the news that the Yankees will play in St. Louis next year for the first time since 2005.

Have a great day everyone!