"After building a nine-run lead through four innings Tuesday night, the Yankees watched the Twins crawl within two runs, and miss a game-tying homer by mere feet in the sixth inning, and then within one run when David Bednar allowed a solo homer in the ninth. But the closer retired two straight and the Yankees escaped with a 10-9 victory in front of 25,500 at Target Field that in some ways felt more like a loss than a win."
""Definitely made it dicey there," said Aaron Boone, whose team led 10-1 after four innings. "A little exhale after that one." Mark Leiter Jr. took over for an ineffective Ryan Yarbrough (four runs in one-third of an inning) in the sixth and got out of that inning after allowing Trevor Larnach's long sacrifice fly to the base of the wall in right that just missed tying it 10-10 and instead made it 10-8. Leiter (6-7) then pitched a 1-2-3 seventh."
The Yankees opened a nine-run lead through four innings but then allowed the Twins to rally, cutting the margin and nearly tying the game in the sixth. David Bednar gave up a solo homer in the ninth, creating a tense finish before the closer retired two straight batters to secure a 10-9 victory. Mark Leiter Jr. delivered key relief after Ryan Yarbrough's ineffective outing, escaping the sixth and pitching a clean seventh. Aaron Judge was thrown out attempting to steal third in the eighth, and Devin Williams struck out two in a 1-2-3 frame.
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