Aaron Boone thought the Yankees ought to have been out of the eighth inning earlier than Carlos Correa’s spot within the order got here up.
As an alternative, a controversial name at first base prolonged the body and gave the previous Astros star the possibility to play villain.
Correa delivered, drilling a two-run house run off reliever Greg Weissert to raise the Twins to a 4-3 win over the Yankees on Thursday evening in The Bronx.
After rallying for one run however leaving the tying run 90 ft away within the backside of the eighth, the Yankees mounted one other rally within the ninth. With one out, Oswald Peraza blooped a single into middle area earlier than Aaron Hicks roped a double to the right-field nook off right-hander Michael Fulmer.
The Twins then deliberately walked Aaron Decide to load the bases for Gleyber Torres, who struck out.
That left the sport as much as cleanup hitter Isiah Kiner-Falefa, who grounded out to finish it.
“We nonetheless had our probabilities,” stated Boone, who was nonetheless visibly ticked in regards to the eighth-inning name. “Simply got here up somewhat bit quick.”
The Yankees (83-55) missed out on an opportunity for the four-game sweep in a uncommon loss to the Twins. It reduce their AL East result in 4 ½ video games over the idle Rays earlier than one other huge three-game showdown between the 2 groups this weekend.
The play that arrange Correa’s blast got here with one out within the high of the eighth inning. Jake Cave hit a floor ball to the left of first base, which Marwin Gonzalez fielded and tossed to Wandy Peralta masking first, the place Cave was known as protected.
The Yankees challenged the decision, with replays exhibiting that Peralta touched the bag first however had bobbled the throw from Gonzalez. It was not clear whether or not Peralta had the ball secured in his glove — or trapped in opposition to his chest — by the point he stepped on first base, which led to the decision on the sphere standing.
“I feel he’s out,” Boone stated. “We gotta reside with the ‘[call] stands.’ That’s simply how the system goes.”
One out later, Correa crushed a slider from Weissert for the 4-2 lead.
The Yankees then put collectively a rally within the backside of the inning, which Decide led off with a double and finally got here house to attain from third on a wild pitch that bought previous Gary Sanchez to make it 4-3.
Then, with runners on the corners and two outs, Boone pinch hit Giancarlo Stanton, showing for the primary time since Monday when he fouled a ball off his left foot. Stanton labored a nine-pitch at-bat however finally chased ball 4 and struck out to finish the risk.
Making his first begin after a quick stint on the injured checklist for a left groin pressure, Nestor Cortes picked up the place he left off. The lefty retired the primary 12 batters he confronted earlier than Gio Urshela lined a single to steer off the fifth inning.
After Urshela took second on wild pitch, he scored on Sanchez’s double because the pair of former Yankees mixed to tug the Twins inside 2-1. It additionally knocked Cortes out of the sport after 58 pitches.
“Every part felt nice,” Cortes stated. “At the moment was nearly commanding and giving my staff the perfect shot to win.”
Clarke Schmidt relieved Cortes and walked the primary batter he confronted earlier than permitting a one-out single by the open left facet to Nick Gordon that tied the sport at two. Schmidt went on to supply three innings of reduction to assist a taxed Yankees bullpen.
For the primary time since his ill-fated tenure in The Bronx, Sonny Grey began in opposition to the Yankees and struck out seven over six strong innings. The one injury got here on Miguel Andujar’s first big-league homer of the season, a two-run shot that gave the Yankees a 2-0 lead within the second inning.
“You need to take a look at this as a possibility and attempt to contribute as a lot as you'll be able to,” Andujar, who was known as up from Triple-A to exchange the injured DJ LeMahieu earlier within the day, stated by an interpreter. “The objective is to win as many video games as we are able to, particularly the place we discover ourselves now.”
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