Before the scheduled 7:00 game tonight on May 26 the Yankees must have recieved some upsetting news on Alfredo Aceves.  I say "must have" because there hasn't been any official announcement on Aceves' back injury.  I'm guessing it must be bad enough that Brian Cashman brought back Chad Gaudin to give our bullpen another long inning guy.  By bringing back Gaudin, Boone Logan was thankfully demoted off the roster.

Chad Gaudin was brought to the Yankees toward the end of last season and has put up pretty decent numbers.  In six starts he went 2-0 with a 3.43 ERA.  In 42 IP he has given up 41 hits and 16 runs (all earned), walked 20 and struck out 34.  Even though he only had two wins, the Yankees had won all six games he started even though he didn't get all the official wins.  Gaudin was released from the Yankees after his dreadful spring training this year, but I know he will bounce back from his woes.

Tonight's win against the Twins was HUGE for us.  The Yankees figured out how to regain the magic of coming from behind to win.  There were four big stars for us tonight:  Andy Pettitte, Kevin Russo, Francisco Cervelli, and Nick Swisher.

Andy Pettitte most definitly had his best start of the year so far.  He pitched 8 innings, gave up 8 hits and 2 runs and struck out 4.  He probably could have pitched the 9th inning, but because the score was very close it was understandable going to Mo.  What stood out with Pettitte's performance tonight was his defense.  He made a lot of leaps and even caught up a runner trying to get to third.  Pettitte was running around the field like he was 20 years old again.

Kevin Russo is this year's shining rookie for sure.  Tonight he went 2-4 with a huge RBI scoring Cervelli to tie the game.  Russo then scored the then go ahead run off the Gardner triple.  Teixeira is starting to get it together and ARod is still struggling, so Russo is finding a way to pick these guys up.  Hopefully he inspires them.

Francisco Cervelli may not have the numbers some of the other guys have put up in this game, but what impresses me the most is his enthusiasm and it really stood out tonight.  He's the first catcher I've seen in a loooong time that gets that excited behind the plate and on offensive plays.  He carries his enthusiasm to his teammates and brings out the best in them.  Props to Cervelli.

And finally the reason why we won this game in the end:  Nick Swisher.  Swish went 2-5 tonight with a run and an RBI, both coming off a HUGE homerun in the top of the 9th inning for the go ahead run.  The other hit he had tonight was a ripped double.  Swish has been hurting lately with that left biceps and this is exactly what he needed to get going again.  Congrats to Nick Swisher on that homerun! Glad to see you're feeling well.