The Yankees risk losing the first ticket after beating

MINNEAPOLIS – Starting in mid-July, the Red Sox were double-edged razor blades in the Yankees' crampons as they seemed to have won three games a night and left rivals raging in October.

Now, in the belly of September, the Yankees have a new problem: the throw-in of A threatening to seize the first division ticket, which would require to play this game in Oakland, California, and not in the Bronx .

After Sonny Gray, Jonathan Loaisiga and Tommy Kahnle had a slim chance of being included in the Yankees roster on Tuesday night as the terrible Twins beat visitors 10-5 in front of Target, the losers are in danger. have to go to the west coast for the lost match.

Take the eighth Yankees defeat in the last 15 games and pair it with the A-3-2 win over the unfortunate Orioles and you'll see that the A, 25-11 since the beginning of August, have scored two Yankees games. . There are 17 games remaining for each team.

This is the smallest advance of the Yankees since July 6, when they dominated the Mariners by two games.

If the Yankees and A's (who played in six games this season) were tied, the Yankees (starting on Wednesday) would host the match based on a better record against East Asia than on the clubs. 'Western Australia. The Yankees are 34-26 against East; the A's are 33-34 against the West.

Gray and Loaisiga put the Yankees in a deep hole and Kahnle threw them a dime when he awarded a fifth of his grand slam to Joe Mauer, the first batter he faced and who led the Twins to 10- 1.

On his first start since August 25th and possibly his last of the season, Gray has awarded three points (two wins), four hits and three goals. Loaisiga allowed six points, four hits and three goals in 1 ¹ / ₃.

Didi Gregorius hit a grand slam in the sixth that reduced the deficit to 10-5 but it was as close as the Yankees.

Loaisiga allowed the first three batters to reach the base in the fifth and pushed Max Kepler to force in a race that was 5-1. After escaping, Loaisiga watched as Willians Astudillo dumped a single in the right field that raised the Twins' cushion to 6-1 and brought Kahnle into a busy base situation.

Half a dozen fields later, Mauer was circling the bases after hitting a grand slam in the center.

The Yankees had at least one runner at the base in each of the first five innings, but the Twins were blocked by three doubles.

Andrew McCutchen opened the game with a single point in the center and was in front a doubled 6-4-3. Miguel Andujar started with a beginner.

After Gary Sanchez put Gregorius in third place with a sacrifice volley in the second that gave the Yankees a 1-0 lead, McCutchen scored a brace and was sent off to try to steal the second.

Andujar scored twice and Giancarlo Stanton and Gregorius walked, but Sanchez scored a 6-4-3 double to keep the Yankees from scoring.

A round later, Luke Voit was hit by a pitch in the left hip and was immediately cleared when Austin Romine shattered his bat and the splintered wood resulted in a 4-6-3 double play.

Gray worked on a two-player jam on two bases, making Astudillo lose the chance of being eliminated, but he did not have the chance to meet later when the Twins charged the goals without scoring goals. . a deficit of 1-0.

Mauer's open with a walk, Jorge Polanco singled left and Logan Forsythe walked to charge the bases for Robbie Grossman. Gray had him shoot a 0-2 ball into the ground for the first outing.

In response to former Yankees minor league acrobatics, Jake Cave, Gray pitched a shot out of the strike zone and ensured Romine could not control it. The wild pitch advanced the three riders and tied the score 1-1.

Cave then whistled a single in the middle who scored Polanco and Forsythe for a 3-1 advantage. That went to 4-1 in the fourth when Polanco doubled in Ehire Adrianza's second against Loaisiga.