(New York) Aaron Judge started the comeback in Game 1 with his 55and circuit of the season, Isiah Kiner-Falefa gave his team the lead with a grand slam in the second game and the New York Yankees swept a double game against the Minnesota Twins 5-4, 7-1 on Wednesday.
In Game 1, Kiner-Falefa made the first of two Yankees runs in 12and deal with a single. In the second game, he erased a 1-0 deficit in the fourth inning, when he sent the ball over the wall at the expense of Joe Ryan (10-8). It was his first career Grand Slam.
Oswaldo Cabrera, who came to the base in a 25-0 lethargy, ended the first confrontation with a single. During the series, Kiner-Falefa played at third base for the first time in two years.
Yankees leading scorer Gerrit Cole (11-7) had his best performance of the season, knocking out 14 in six innings and two-thirds. He allowed five hits and two walks.
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Accused of cheating by the opposing crowd, Carlos Correa hit a long ball in the third round of the second game. This is the twins’ only point during this game.
Yankees outfielder Aaron Hicks made three runs with a double in the eighth of the second game.
The Yankees (83-54), leaders of the American League East, come from 30and consecutive season with a positive record.
In Game 1, the Yankees were down 3-0 at the bottom of the fourth inning when the referee threw a shot that ended 374 feet in the left field stands.
In doing so, Judge erased the Yankees’ 54 home run mark by a right-handed hitter, set by Alex Rodriguez in 2007. Roger Maris still holds the Yankees record for most home runs in a season, with 61 in 1961.
Judge leads the major leagues in home runs and RBIs with 118. He has scored six home runs in his last eight games and seven in his last 11.
The judge’s circuit was also his 114and at the new Yankee Stadium, opened in 2009. The former 113 brand was owned by Mark Teixeira.
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