The Yankees usually hit the twins even when they are tied for the playoffs, and then crush them even harder in October.
Thus, when a difficult edition of the twins arrived in the Bronx on Thursday, they only served as more fodder for the ardent Yankees.
With a spark from the end of their lineup and another solid start from Jameson Taillon, the Yankees were left with a big lead and were left for the seventh straight win, 7-5.
“You know you won’t end up winning every day, but I feel like they play with a lot of confidence that we look forward to doing something special,” manager Aaron Boone said. “A lot of good things happen that allow us to win ball games. The funniest part of this is that everyone in that room has been taken. ”
The Yankees (70-52) improved to 26-10 against the Twins (54-68) since early 2015 (not including a perfect 4-0 against them in the 2017 and 2019 playoffs) as they won their 69th game of the season. for two races or less.
They were heading for a weird laugh with a 6-0 lead before the Twins reached Taillon for three quick runs in the sixth inning.
Zack Britton gave up another run in the eighth, making it 6-4, but got out of trouble by eliminating Josh Donaldson (0 vs. 4). Giancarlo Stanton regained the lead at the end of the inning when he launched a solo run on the short porch.
Then Chad Green ceded a solo homer to Miguel Sano in the ninth, but got the salvation: the Yankees’ seventh straight game with a stoppage, tying an MLB record.
One day the Yankees had buttons in each of the top five of their lineup: Luke Voit, Anthony Rizzo, Aaron Judge, Joey Gallo and Stanton, it was Andrew Velazquez (No. 7) and Kyle Higashioka (No. 8) who he was lying. They combined to go 4 for 6 with four runs scored, scored by a home goal from Higashioka in the fourth, which put the Yankees 6-0 up.
“For all of us, especially for us at the end of the order, we just want to contribute to the victories,” Higashioka said.
Velazquez has managed to attack the Yankees in the third inning, with a triple punched into the gap in the center right field. The Bronx native came on to score a Higashioka double for the 1-0 lead.
After Twins starter John Gant went through Tyler Wade’s No. 9 batter, Voit made him pay by making ropes with a two-run double down the left field line to make it 3-0. Voit took third on the home throw, which allowed him to score on Rizzo’s sacrifice to put the Yankees 4-0 up.
“It’s great, because we have a lot of huge guys on this team, to have a few heavy guys who can pick it up and play various positions and become board players for the rest of us who need to drive in races,” he said. dir Voit.
Meanwhile, Taillon gave up a simple first-half innings before sailing, retiring 14 straight batsmen in the sixth inning. That streak was broken when Jake Cave got a quick ball for a local day, and the Twins continued with a single and two doubles to turn it into a 6-3 game and bring down Taillon after 5 ¹ / ₃ tickets.
Although Taillon felt frustrated, did not delve into the game, he is now 7-0 with an ERA of 2.57 in his last 12 starts.
“I think that’s been the sign of a good team when you can win in different ways,” Taillon said. “We don’t have to fly to win. We can win closed matches. We can also make slugs, move forward, have the initial throw, the bullpen and the defense.