Schoop’s RBI lifts Twins to win at Yankee Stadium
Jonathan Schoop thought he’d hit a threerun homer in the fourth innning, only to see Yankees right fielder Cameron Maybin run back, jump and stick his glove over the wall to make the catch.
“I thought for sure off the bat that it’s going to go,” Schoop said.
It was the kind of play that might have ultimately cost the Minnesota Twins any momentum in their bid to get a win at Yankee Stadium. But they perservered, and Schoop delivered a big RBI single in the eighth Saturday in a 7-3 win over New York.
The Twins had lost nine straight times at Yankee Stadium, including the 2017 AL wild-card game loss when they took a 3-0 lead in the first inning. Their last win in the Bronx was June 26, 2016, a season in which Schoop hit 25 homers while playing every game for the Baltimore Orioles.
After opening this series with a 6-3 loss on Friday, Jake Odorizzi and the Twins rebounded nicely by never trailing and holding off a late charge. Mitch Garver and C.J. Cron homered off J.A. Happ (1-3) and Nelson Cruz went deep in the ninth.
Minnesota had an early 2-0 lead when Schoop came up with two on and two outs.
He hit a ball that appeared to have enough to go into the seats, but Maybin raced back and made the catch.
After the Yankees scored twice in the seventh, Schoop quieted some of the crowd with a single to make it 6-2.
Odorizzi (4-2) kept up his impressive run, pitching two-hit ball over six shutout innings. He won his fourth start in a row, allowing only a single to DJ LeMahieu leading off the third — he was picked off first base — and a single to Miguel Andujar in the sixth. Odorizzi struck out eight and worked around four walks.
Gary Sanchez homered for New York.
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 the long homer to Sanchez to start the eighth.
Taylor Rogers closed with a perfect ninth.
Royals 15, Tigers 3: Alex Gordon homered as part of a four-run first inning as Kansas City routed host Detroit. The Royals chased Detroit right-hander Tyson Ross in the second inning and scored the game’s first seven runs. Kelvin Gutierrez had four hits and a stolen base for Kansas City in his eighth major league game.
Indians 5, Mariners 4: Carlos Santana hit a two-run homer in the eighth as host Cleveland rallied to hand Seattle its sixth straight loss.
Tim Beckham hit a leadoff home run to break a 3-all tie in the eighth — Seattle’s fourth solo homer of the game. Edwin Encarnacion, Daniel Vogelbach and Dylan Moore also connected.
Tyler Olson (1-0) retired the final hitter in the eighth for the win. Brad Hand walked Encarnacion to begin the ninth, then struck out the next three hitters for his 10th save.
Carlos Carrasco allowed all four home runs, a career high for the righthander, who struck out nine in 72⁄ innings.
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