New York Yankees rally late to defeat the Minnesota Twins

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins on Monday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 6-5 in ten innings.  Luis Gil started for the Yankees and got off to a bad start but then battled it out for six innings.  The bullpen was good and Joey Gallo led the offense with two hits. 

Gil pitched six innings giving up seven hits and five runs with a walk and eight strikeouts.  Andrew Heaney pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk and he struck out two batters, Albert Abreu pitched to one batter and retired him and Aroldis Chapman pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts.  Clay Holmes pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and he earned his eighth win of the season.

John Gant started for the Twins and he only pitched 2/3 of an inning walking a batter.  He left with an injury.  Luke Farrell pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out two, Caleb Thielbar pitched an inning giving up a hit and Kyle Barraclough pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with a walk.  Tyler Duffey pitched two innings giving up a hit and three runs with two walks and a strikeout, Alex Colome pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with four strikeouts and Ralph Garza Jr. pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and an unearned run.  He took his third loss of the season. 

DJ LeMahieu had an RBI, Brett Gardner had a hit and drew a walk and Aaron Judge had a hit, three RBI and drew a walk.  Gallo had two hits and an RBI, Luke Voit drew a walk and Tyler Wade drew a walk.  Anthony Rizzo drew a walk, Sanchez had a hit and an RBI and Gardner hit a double.  Gallo and Judge each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Wade had a stolen base. 

Luis Arraez had two hits, Byron Buxton had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Jorge Polanco had a hit and two RBI.  Josh Donaldson drew a walk, Max Kepler had a hit and drew a walk and Miguel Sano had three hits and two RBI.  Arraez hit a double and Polanco, Sano and Buxton each hit a homerun.  The Twins were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. 

In the first Polanco hit a two-run homerun and Sano hit a two-run homerun giving the Twins a 4-0 lead.  In the third Buxton hit a solo homerun pushing the lead to 5-0.  In the bottom of the sixth LeMahieu hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 5-1.  In the seventh Gallo hit a solo homerun making it a 5-2 game.  In the bottom of the eight Judge hit the big blow which was a three-run homerun tying the game at five.  In the tenth Sanchez hit a walk-off RBI single to give the Yankees a 6-5 victory.  The Yankees will now head to Baltimore to take on the Orioles for three games beginning Tuesday night.