New York Yankees at Minnesota Twins

NYY 4 — 5 MIN
Final (13) — 2026-09-16
MVP: Zebby Matthews 6.0 IP, 0 ER, 8 K

Minnesota Twins defeated New York Yankees 5-4. Zebby Matthews led the way with 6.0 IP, 0 ER, 8 K. Tommy Nance earned the win and John Schreiber took the loss.

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Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Josh Bell singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Cody Bellinger. Luke Keaschall scores. Ryan Jeffers to 2nd. (0-1)
Bot 5: Ryan Kreidler homers (7) on a fly ball to left field. (0-2)
Top 9: Anthony Volpe doubles (11) on a sharp fly ball to right fielder Luke Keaschall. George Lombard Jr. scores. José Caballero scores. (2-2)
Top 10: Ali Sánchez singles on a line drive to center fielder Emmanuel Rodriguez. Cody Bellinger scores. (3-2)
Bot 10: Luke Keaschall singles on a line drive to left fielder José Caballero. Brooks Lee scores. (3-3)
Top 11: José Caballero out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Emmanuel Rodriguez. George Lombard Jr. scores. (4-3)
Bot 11: Royce Lewis out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Spencer Jones. Walker Jenkins scores. Kody Clemens to 2nd. (4-4)
Bot 13: Victor Caratini singles on a ground ball to center fielder Spencer Jones. Luke Keaschall scores. (4-5)

NYY — Batting

NamePOSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
Sanchez C2010001010 .250.275.316.591
Ramos RF3000000110 .243.304.400.704
Caballero LF0100001000 .234.290.374.664
Jones CF6000000050 .252.323.440.763
Judge RF2000000020 .241.360.511.871
McMahon 3B6000000040 .210.275.346.621
Goldschmidt 1B2010000000 .253.315.458.773
Wells C2000000000 .179.277.313.590
Rice DH3010000310 .262.360.524.884
Volpe 2B5021002001 .253.333.351.684
Bellinger 1B5130000101 .276.351.444.795
Lombard SS6210000000 .225.286.342.628
Garcia 1B4000000030 .283.314.538.852

MIN — Batting

NamePOSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
Caratini PH1010001000 .221.315.318.633
(gpid=sa:691181) CF4000000110 .263.300.579.879
Clemens 2B4010000121 .241.302.470.772
Lee 3B2110000100 .246.297.426.723
Martin LF5010000010 .234.346.322.668
(gpid=sa:805805) DH0100000000 .089.212.200.412
Bell DH5010001010 .253.316.421.737
(gpid=sa:805346) SS2011000000 .167.167.333.500
Jeffers C4000000130 .259.360.476.836
Kreidler SS4110011120 .217.280.374.654
Lewis 1B4000001010 .228.293.386.679
Keaschall RF5230001001 .279.372.389.761

NYY — Pitching

NameIPHRERBBSOHRPC-STERAWHIPDecision
Blackburn 1.0000100 11-6 1.651.05
Rodon 6.0422351 102-59 2.951.13
(gpid=sa:657376) 0.2200020 24-13 0.003.00
Headrick 1.1000020 21-15 1.901.16
Bednar 2.0320020 26-18 2.581.04BS
Schreiber 1.0110100 4-4 3.141.20L

MIN — Pitching

NameIPHRERBBSOHRPC-STERAWHIPDecision
Nance 1.0000020 14-8 4.061.37W
Hoffman 1.0000020 16-9 3.531.32H
Minter 1.0200120 22-16 2.611.06H
Funderburk 0.1000000 3-2 3.861.35
Adams 3.0220110 34-22 4.971.36
Gomez 0.2322120 24-13 4.101.43BS
Matthews 6.0200280 97-63 4.741.24

Venue: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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