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MINNEAPOLIS On Tuesday night, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said his team needed a lot of killer instinct.
About 24 hours later, they were almost unsuccessful.
And their lead for the chance to host a two or three playoff game comes down to one game.
Jake Odorizzi held the Yankees without a blow for 7 1/3 innings. The starting pitcher, Luis Severino, seemed furious with Boone when he pulled him out of the game, hitting him while leaving the field.
And Minnesota beat the Yankees 3-1, bringing New York closer to having to travel to Oakland for the Wild Card Game of the American League. The A beat Baltimore 10-0 on Wednesday.
The Yankees had a 5 1/2 game increase on September 1 st.
Break it
With a loss in eighth, Greg Bird scored a center-left double in the 93-mph fastball at the first pitch of Odorizi. This put an end to the incessant Odorizzi. He has launched 120 fields.
Luke Voit, who had participated in the previous bat, scored and Minnesota's lead was reduced to 3-1. This led the reliever Trevor Hildenberger.
Minnesota manager Paul Molitor immediately fired Odorizzi, who smiled with his teammates around him on the mound and left slowly, the frenzied crowd screaming for him.
Odorizzi never had the chance to participate in a perfect match, walking Giancarlo Stanton in the second inning.
The Yankees blocked Bird there, with Gleyber Torres and Andrew McCutchen fighting.
Odorizzi passed Severino, who almost matched him during the Severino pitch. Odorizi hit five and walked three.
Severino, meanwhile, allowed only one baserunner – a single to start the game – in his first five rounds. He unraveled in the sixth.
Severino had entered the night hoping he would turn around terribly, posting an ERA of 6.83 in his previous 11 starts while dropping 76 shots and 13 homers in 55 1/3 innings.
What this means
The Yankees lost their second consecutive game and the second of their last three series. They also lost two of three games against the A in Oakland last week.
Familiar feeling
In the night, the Yankees had been retained for the sixth time in the sixth inning in the last two weeks. That happened September 4 in Oakland and August 31 at home against the Tigers. They actually won both games.
Fall behind
The Twins broke the tie without scoring in the sixth.
After passing from the single to the left of Max Kepler, Ehire Adrianza hit a long line in the right turn.
Andrew McCutchen played on the wall and skipped his throw to second baseman Gleyber Torres.
With Kepler coming to third, Torres jumped on the pitch, leaving him no chance to throw Kepler home. Minnesota was ahead, 1-0.
Joe Mauer's single-left field moved Kepler to third base, putting runners in corners with a pullout.
At the next meeting, Severino asked Jorge Polanco to carve himself a blow, but not without problems. While Sanchez settles on the outside, Severino's 99-mph fastball has gone badly up. The ball allowed passer Gary Sanchez to go to the back.
Polanco tried to hold his swing. He could not. Despite the exit, Boone grabbed Severino for David Robertson, who came out with a back in the back.
Severino was very unhappy with Boone for coming out. When Boone reached the mound, he refused to give him the ball right away. We did not quite know what he had said, but it was clear that Severino was angry and wanted to stay.
At seventh, the Twins got two races of insurance.
With two outs, former Yankee Jake Cave doubled Robertson to right field, then Willians Astudillo took center. This marked Cave. Immediately, Kepler hit a long liner towards the center left. Aaron Hicks almost did it with a full dive. He bounced off his glove and headed for the wall and another round scored.
Next
Thursday: Of.
Friday: Right-wing Yankees Masahiro Tanaka (11-5, 3.61 ERA) against the Blue Jays starter will be announced at 7:05 pm. at Yankee Stadium.
Brendan Kuty can be contacted at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @BrendanKutyNJ. Find NJ.com Yankees on Facebook.
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