MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Trent Grisham homered twice and Cody Bellinger also went deep as the New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins 10-5 on Wednesday night.
Aaron Judge went 3 for 4 to raise his major league-leading batting average to .329. With the win, the Yankees moved within four games of first-place Toronto in the AL East.
Luis Gil pitched 4 2/3 innings, allowing five runs (four earned) on nine hits. Four relievers combined to shut down the Twins for the remainder of the game, with Fernando Cruz (3-4) securing four outs.
Grisham tied the game at 2-all with a solo homer in the third off Taj Bradley (6-8). In the fourth inning, he took Bradley deep again for a three-run shot—his 33rd of the season—onto the plaza in right field to give the Yankees a 6-2 lead.
The Twins fought back with a three-run fifth inning, highlighted by Brooks Lee’s two-out, two-run single. Despite their efforts, Bellinger’s two-run homer in the ninth helped seal the victory for New York.
Lee finished with three hits for the Twins, while Austin Martin and Royce Lewis each contributed two.
**Key Moment**
The Twins had already scored three runs in the fifth and had runners on first and second with two outs when Yankees manager Aaron Boone called on Fernando Cruz. Royce Lewis hit a line drive toward the gap in right-center, but Bellinger ran it down to maintain New York’s 7-5 lead.
**Key Stat**
The four earned runs allowed by Gil were as many as he had given up in his last four starts combined, covering 22 1/3 innings.
**Up Next**
The Yankees travel to Baltimore, where left-hander Max Fried (17-5, 3.03 ERA) will face the Orioles on Thursday to open a four-game series.
The Twins welcome Cleveland on Friday to begin a four-game series, with Pablo Lopez (5-4, 2.64 ERA) on the mound.
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