Twins get rare win in Bronx
NEW YORK — Jake Odorizzi kept up his impressive run, pitching twohit ball over six shutout innings and leading the Twins past the Yankees 7-3 on Saturday.
The Twins had lost nine straight times at Yankee Stadium, including the 2017 AL wild-card game, before Odorizzi and three home runs boosted them.
Gary Sanchez homered for the Yankees.
The Yankees activated third baseman Miguel Andujar from their abundant injured list after he missed 28 games with a shoulder tear. He went 1-for-3 with a walk but also made two errors, misplaying a grounder early and later making a wild throw.
Odorizzi (4-2) won his fourth start in a row, having outdueled Justin Verlander and the Astros 1-0 in his previous outing.
This time, he allowed only a single to DJ LeMahieu leading off the third — he was picked off first base — and a single to Andujar in the sixth.
Odorizzi struck out eight and had four walks.
Mitch Garver and C.J. Cron homered off J.A. Happ (1-3) and Nelson Cruz went deep in the ninth. The Twins lost 14 of 15 in the Bronx overall.
Jonathan Schoop added an RBI single in the eighth after being robbed of a three-run homer by right fielder Cameron Maybin four innings earlier.
Twins reliever Trevor Hildenberger allowed two runs in the seventh on a wild pitch and an RBI single by LeMahieu. Blake Parker finished the inning by retiring Luke Voit but allowed a long homer to Sanchez to start the eighth.
Taylor Rogers finished up with a perfect ninth.