MINNEAPOLIS -- Vernon Wells drove in three runs, and the New York Yankees pounded rookie Kyle Gibson and the Minnesota Twins 9-5 on Thursday to finish a four-game sweep. Travis Hafner had three hits and scored twice, and Ichiro Suzuki had a two-run triple among his three hits for the Yankees, who scored 29 runs in the series. The Yankees didnt even need their usual super-sized contribution from Robinson Cano, whose streak of six straight multihit games ended without reaching base. He still batted .500 on this seven-game road trip with 11 RBIs. Justin Morneau homered twice for the Twins, one-third of his season total. But Gibson (1-1) gave up 11 hits, a walk, a hit by pitch and eight runs in 5 1-3 innings with two strikeouts in his second start. David Phelps (6-5) surrendered Morneaus first homer and three more runs in the seventh, when he left with one out. RBI singles by Pedro Florimon and Brian Dozier and a sacrifice fly by Joe Mauer helped the Twins catch up in that inning, and Morneau went deep again in the eighth. Phelps gave up eight hits and four runs, but he struck out five without a walk. Zoilo Almonte and Alberto Gonzalez also drove in runs for the Yankees. Phelps had a decent June until his final start of the month, when Baltimore beat him up for a season-most nine runs in 2 1-3 innings last Saturday. Swept by the Orioles in that series, the banged-up Yankees brought a five-game losing streak to Target Field, where their woes were quickly forgotten against their longtime punching bag. Since the start of 2002, including the post-season, the Yankees are 71-23 against Minnesota. Gibsons debut last weekend matched the anticipation of the 2009 first-round draft pick built up in the fan base, a winning performance with six sharp innings and two runs allowed. This time, he was behind 3-0 after just his 17th pitch. The first five batters produced two singles, two doubles and a soaring sacrifice fly by Cano that Oswaldo Arcia caught at the wall in left field. The next batter, Wells, hit a two-run single. The game, though, was essentially decided in the third inning. Gibson hit Hafner with a pitch and let him move up on a wild pitch. Then Wells sneaked a low-arc pop-up in the space between Arcia and the infield, just right for Hafner to score, Arcia to miss a sliding catch by a few inches and Wells to get a double. Luis Cruz followed with an RBI single, his first hit for the Yankees, to stretch the lead to 5-0. Then in the bottom of the inning, the Twins found more bad breaks indicative of a slumping team. After consecutive singles to start for the Twins, Brian Doziers bunt rolled perfectly down the third-base line where no play was possible. But it strayed a bit too far, across the chalk, and Dozier was summoned back to the box. Then he grounded into a double play, thanks to a slick running pickup and same-motion, sidearm toss by the shortstop Cruz to Cano at second base to start the process. Mauer struck out looking next on a pitch the catcher believed was low, in disagreement with home plate umpire Ed Hickox. Mauer was called out on strikes in his next at-bat, too, and he had more words for Hickox on his way back to the dugout. With Josh Willingham out until August, the Twins are even thinner in the middle of their order. So manager Ron Gardenhire stuck Arcia, an emerging candidate for the Rookie of the Year award, in the third spot and moved Mauer back in the No. 2 slot. "Put him in there and let him hack," Gardenhire said. The Twins have lost 10 of their last 13 games. NOTES: Noted Yankees birthdays on July 4: late owner George Steinbrenner and radio announcer John Sterling. ... Arcia popped out to shortstop in the first inning, breaking his bat so badly that the barrel flew toward first base and landed upright in the grass by the cut-out with the jagged edge working like a tent stake. ... The Yankees have moved SS Eduardo Nunez up to Double-A Trenton in his rehab assignment. Manager Joe Girardi said Nunezs return to the team is possible before the All-Star break. ... The Yankees start a 10-game homestand on Friday, beginning with Baltimore. RHP Ivan Nova (2-2, 4.63 ERA), in place of Hiroki Kuroda, will take the mound. RHP Miguel Gonzalez (6-3, 3.77 ERA) will pitch for the Orioles. ... The Twins begin a 10-game road trip on Friday, continuing their grind through the AL East. RHP Kevin Correia (6-5, 4.08 ERA) will start in Toronto, with LHP Mark Buehrle (4-5, 4.81 ERA) taking the mound for the Blue Jays. Wholesale Shoes Cheap . Better still, its in the same team and there are 13 races left for it to develop. Wholesale Shoes . 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Sneakers Sale . -- Lara Gut of Switzerland regained the overall World Cup lead with Sundays super-G win in Lake Louise, Alta.PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. -- Brayden Point scored three goals and added three assists as the Moose Jaw Warriors dominated the Prince Albert Raiders 7-1 in Western Hockey League action on Friday. Jack Rodewald and Tanner Eberle each had a goal and an assist for Moose Jaw (14-31-8), and Alexey Sleptsov and Torrin White also scored. Justin Paulic turned aside 39 shots for the win. Josh Morrissey replied for Prince Albert (24-26-3), which was outshot 40-29 and held to just five shots in the first period. Cole Cheveldave started in net for the Raiders, but was pulled after giving up three goals on 11 shots through 28 minutes. Nick McBride stopped 14 of 18 shots in relief. --- TIGERS 5 BLADES 2 SASKATOON -- Anthony Asts scored a short-handed goal in the first period that proved to be the winner as Medicine Hat toppled the Blades. Dylan Bredo had a goal and an assist for the Tigers (32-19-3) and Markus Eisenschmid, Chad Labelle, and Cole Sanford also scored. The Blades (15-37-4) were 2 for 5 with the man advantage and both MacKenzie Johnston and Cameron Hebig scored power-play goals. Johnston also added an assist. Nick Schneider stopped 18 shots for the victory while Troy Trombley made 33 saves for the loss. --- WHEAT KINGS 8 BRONCOS 1 BRANDON, Man. -- Tim McGauley scored two goals and helped on another as the Wheat Kings thrashed Swift Current. Jayce Hawryluk had a goal and an assist John Quenneville and Richard Nejezchleb had a goal and an assist apiece, and Eric Roy, Jesse Gabrielle and Quintin Lisoway also scored for Brandon (28-20-6). Curtis Honey made 15 saves. Black Graham scored for the Broncos (26-21-8), who racked up 75 penalty minutes on 16 infractions. Eetu Laurikainen stopped 14 of 19 shots before giving way to Landon Bow, who gave up three goals on three shots. The Wheat Kings were 4 for 10 on the power play, but took 53 penalty minutes on nine infractions. The Broncos were 1 for 4 with the man advantage. --- ICE 8 HURRICANES 1 LETHBRIDGE, Alta. -- Tim Bozon scored a hat trick and added an assist as Kootenay dominated the Hurricanes. Luke Philip scored two goals and assisted on another, and Jaedon Descheneau, Zach Franko and Sam Reinhart had a goal and two assists apiece for Kootenay (29-21-4), which racked up 57 penalty minutes on 13 infractions. Mackenzie Skapski stopped 23 shots. Riley Sheen had the lone goal for Lethbridge (11-40-5), which took 12 penalties totalling 39 minutes. Jonny Hogue started in net for the Hurricanes but was pulled after allowing five goals on 17 shots through the first period. Teagan Sacher stopped 23 of 26 shots in relief. --- ROYALS 3 BLAZERS 1 KAMLOOPS, B.C. -- Royals goalie Coleman Vollrath made 36 saves as Victoria edged Kamloops. Brandon Magee and Taylor Cruck scored for the Royals (36-16-4), while Tyler Soy added a short-handed goal. Ryan Rehill scored on the poweer play for the Blazers (11-39-5), their only goal on four chances with the man advantage.dddddddddddd Kamloops goalie Bolton Pouliot made 26 saves in the losing effort. --- COUGARS 5 REBELS 3 PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. -- Todd Fiddle scored twice and added an assist, and Brad Morrisons second-period goal stood up as the winner as the Cougars edged Red Deer. Sam Ruopp and Joseph Carvalho also scored for Prince George (23-26-7), while Jansen Harkins added two assists. Haydn Fleury and Presten Kopeck both scored once and assisted on another for Red Deer (27-24-4). Scott Feser also scored for the Rebels. Cougars goalie Adam Beukeboom made 46 saves for the win. Patrik Bartosak turned away 37 shots in the losing effort for Red Deer. --- OIL KINGS 3 ROCKETS 2 (SO) KELOWNA, B.C. -- Mitchell Moroz scored the only goal in a shootout to lift Edmonton over the Rockets. Cole Benson and Brett Pollock also scored for Edmonton (39-13-1). Carter Rigby and Myles Bell replied for Kelowna (43-7-4). Edmontons Tristan Jarry made 26 saves while Jordon Cooke stopped 25 shots in defeat. Both teams were 1 for 6 on the power play. --- WINTERHAWKS 10 AMERICANS 3 KENNEWICK, Wash. -- Nicholas Petan scored twice and added an assist, and the Winterhawks used two four-goal periods to thrash Tri-City. Alex Schoenborn scored two goals for Portland (37-12-5), Oliver Bjorkstrand had a goal and two assists, Paul Bittner, Derrick Pouliot, and Keegan Iverson had a goal and an assist apiece, and Taylor Leir and Ethan Price scored the others. The Winterhawks were 3 for 4 on the power play. Michal Plutnar, Parker Wotherspoon, and Jessey Astles replied for Tri-City (26-23-5), who was 1 for 5 on the man advantage. Brendan Burke made 29 saves for the win. Eric Comrie started in net for the Americans and gave up four goals on 22 shots before being replaced by Evan Sarthou, who stopped 18 of 24 shots he faced. --- HITMEN 5 GIANTS 0 VANCOUVER -- Chris Driedger stopped 44 shots for his third shutout of the season to lead the Calgary Hitmen over the Giants. Adam Tambellini had two of Calgarys three power-play goals. Jake Virtanen also scored while the Hitmen (34-15-6) skated with the man advantage. Brady Brassart and Chase Lang also scored for Calgary. Peyton Lee stopped 6 of 8 shots for Vancouver (27-20-9), while Jared Rathjen handled 18 of 21. The Hitman were 3 for 5 on the power play, while the Giants were 0 for 9. --- THUNDERBIRDS 4 CHIEFS 0 KENT, Wash. -- Ryan Gropp scored twice, and Taran Kozun made 35 saves to lift Seattle over Spokane. Mathew Barzal had a goal and an assist for the Thunderbirds (35-16-5), and Branden Troock also scored. Eric Williams started in net for Spokane (31-18-5), but left the game after giving up four goals on 27 shots. Garret Hughson stopped the only shot he faced. Seattle was 3 for 4 on the power play. ' ' '