Minnesota Twins

3rdin AL Central · 70-80

Ugh, no.

Minnesota Twins lost to the New York Yankees

87-63 8 – 3

70-80

Final · Mon, Sep 14

Game Details

Target Field (Minneapolis) · 24,204 fans · YES, MLB.TV, Twins.TV

Recap

Judge's first homer since May 24 helps clinch postseason berth for Yankees in 8-3 win at Twins

Aaron Judge hit a three-run home run that capped a six-run eighth inning, and the New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 8-3 Monday on a night they clinched their 61st postseason berth and ninth in 10 seasons.

Recap via ESPN

Target Field · Minneapolis

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYY	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	8	8	3
MIN	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	6	1

Win Probability · Minnesota Twins

first pitchnow: 0%

Game Leaders

New York Yankees

Jose Caballero · 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 RBatting
Tim Hill · 1.0 IP, 1 ER, 0 K (W, 5-2)Pitching

Minnesota Twins

Josh Bell · 2-4, HR, 1 RBI, 2 RBatting
AM Andrew Morris · 0.1 IP, 3 ER, 1 K (L, 4-8, B, 6)Pitching

2026 American League East Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Tampa Bay	98	64	.605	-	L1
New York	93	68	.578	4.5	W1
Boston	87	75	.537	11	L1
Baltimore	79	82	.491	18.5	L1
Toronto	79	83	.488	19	W1

2026 American League Central Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Cleveland	85	77	.525	-	L1
Chicago	84	78	.519	1	W1
Minnesota	77	85	.475	8	W1
Detroit	76	86	.469	9	L1
Kansas City	69	93	.426	16	W1

Scoring

Top 9th

HR Wells homered to right (371 feet).8–3

Bot 8th

HR Bell homered to right (370 feet).7–3

Top 8th

HR Judge homered to left (415 feet), Rice scored and Bellinger scored.7–2

Top 8th

1B Rice singled to center, Volpe scored and Caballero scored.4–2

Top 8th

1B Caballero singled to center, Lombard Jr. scored, Volpe to second.2–2

Bot 6th

3B Rodriguez tripled to center, Clemens scored and Bell scored.1–2

Top 3rd

HR Caballero homered to left (372 feet).1–0

Team Stats

New York YankeesMinnesota Twins

Batting

8 Hits 6

3 Home Runs 1

1 Walks 4

9 Strikeouts 7

2 Stolen Bases 0

6 Left on Base 19

Pitching & Fielding

148 Pitches Thrown 161

3 Errors 1

5 Double Plays 3

Box Score

New York Yankees ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
B. RiceDH	3	1	2	2	0	1	0	.263	26	.359	.529
C. BellingerLF	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.266	20	.341	.431
A. JudgeRF	4	1	1	3	1	0	2	.243	19	.363	.515
L. Garcia Jr.1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.287	16	.318	.546
S. JonesCF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.260	22	.333	.444
G. Lombard Jr.SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	.218	11	.279	.345
R. McMahon3B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.214	18	.280	.353
A. Volpe2B	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.243	3	.325	.335
A. WellsC	4	1	1	1	1	0	2	.180	15	.278	.315
J. Caballero3B	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	.235	11	.292	.376
Team	35	8	8	8	3	1	9		161

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
W. Warren	5.2	5	2	0	2	6	0	92-58	3.89
M. Fulmer	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	21-13	1.69
T. Hill(W, 5-2)	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	15-10	4.79
J. Schreiber(S, 2)	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	20-11	3.20
Team	9.0	6	3	1	4	7	1	148-92

Minnesota Twins ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
L. KeaschallRF	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	.272	22	.367	.384
B. Lee3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.247	22	.297	.429
K. Clemens2B	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	.241	17	.302	.469
R. JeffersC	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.262	10	.362	.483
J. BellDH	4	2	2	1	1	0	1	.255	16	.320	.427
E. RodriguezLF	4	0	1	2	0	0	2	.250	20	.250	.667
V. Caratini1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.220	11	.316	.319
R. KreidlerSS	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.218	15	.279	.364
W. JenkinsCF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.089	15	.212	.200
Team	34	3	6	3	1	4	7		148

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D. Kremer	5.2	2	1	1	1	5	1	94-62	5.35
K. Funderburk	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3-3	3.88
J. Hoffman(H, 20)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13-9	3.59
A. Morris(L, 4-8, B, 6)	0.1	3	3	3	0	1	0	11-10	4.39
A.J. Minter	0.0	2	3	2	0	0	1	18-10	2.45
T. Nance	1.2	1	1	1	0	2	1	22-14	4.13
Team	9.0	8	8	7	1	9	3	161-108