New York Yankees at Minnesota Twins

· Major League Baseball

New York Yankees

87-63, 45-31 Away

Final
8 - 3

Minnesota Twins

70-80, 39-37 Home

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

Judge had been 3 for 20 with 11 strikeouts since returning last week after missing 84 games because of a fractured rib. Judge hit a cutter from A.J. Minter 415 feet into the second deck in left field for his 18th home run this season, his first since May 24.

His drive came a few minutes before Detroit beat Toronto, clinching a playoff berth for the Yankees.

New York (87-63) has won six of seven and moved a season-high 24 games over .500. The Yankees are 3 1/2 games behind AL East-leading Tampa Bay (90-59).

Josh Bell homered off Tim Hill (5-2) and Emmanuel Rodriguez had a two-run triple for the Twins, who have lost eight of 11 while fading from postseason contention.

José Caballero hit a go-ahead homer in the third inning and a single off Andrew Morris (4-8) that tied the score in the eighth. Ben Rice added a two-run bloop single and, after a Cody Bellinger infield single, Judge elicited a hearty roar from the large contingent of Yankee fans with his no-doubt drive.

Austin Wells homered in the ninth. John Schreiber earned his second save with 1 1/3 hitless innings.

In his second-longest start since being acquired from Baltimore Aug. 1, Minnesota’s Dean Kremer allowed two hits and struck out five in 5 2/3 innings. New York starter Will Warren scattered five hits and struck out six over 5 2/3 innings in his fourth straight strong outing — third start.

Up next New York LHP Max Fried (4-4, 2.73 ERA) and Minnesota RHP Bailey Ober (7-5, 4.28) start Tuesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Clemens grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Lee out at second.
	9th Inning	Lee grounded into fielder's choice to second, Keaschall safe at second on error by shortstop Lombard Jr..
	9th Inning	Keaschall walked. Minnesota Twins challenged: call on the field was overturned.
	9th Inning	Jenkins lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Caballero fouled out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Wells homered to right (371 feet).

Statistics

NYY		MIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
9	Ground Balls	16
9	Strikeouts	7
8	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	6
2	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	34
3	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
6	Runners Left On Base	19
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
17	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
161	Pitches	148
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
18	Total Bases	11
36	Plate Appearances	39
486.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	2
4.7	Runs Created	2.6
.229	Batting Average	.176
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.514	Slugging Percentage	.324
.371	Secondary Average	.265
.250	On Base Percentage	.282
.764	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.606
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.5
4.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.4
53.0	Batter Rating	23.5
11.7	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.47	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.79
.286	Isolated Power	.147
0.11	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.57
.028	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.103
.143	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.088
16.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
92.8	MLB Rating	74.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0