New York Yankees at Minnesota Twins

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New York Yankees

88-63, 46-31 Away

Final
8 - 1

Minnesota Twins

70-81, 39-38 Home

Fried gets first win since April, Yankees overpower Twins 8-1 with homers by Bellinger, Jones

Twins manager gets ejected, goes off on umps after overturned HR

Fried (5-4) allowed one run over seven smooth innings and 88 pitches, logging his longest start in almost five months to ensure the Yankees (88-63) stayed 3 1/2 games behind Tampa Bay (91-59) for the division lead. The Yankees, who clinched at least a wild card spot on Monday, will need Fried to keep this up in the postseason.

Fried, who spent 71 games on the injured list over two stints for a bone bruise in his elbow, has a 1.83 ERA with 50 strikeouts over 44 1/3 innings in nine starts after the All-Star break.

Bellinger, who had three hits and a walk, quickly got the Yankees going with his 16th homer, a two-run drive after Ben Rice began the game with a single off Bailey Ober (7-6). Bellinger is batting .377 (26 for 69) in his last 17 games.

Jones hit his 10th home run with two outs in the sixth, a three-run shot against Taylor Rogers. A fielding error by rookie shortstop Kaelen Culpepper made all four runs in the inning unearned.

New York has 11 players with 10 or more homers this season.

Star right fielder Aaron Judge, working his way back into form after recently returning from a broken rib, was on the bench for rest as the Yankees racked up 14 hits.

Culpepper was pulled with left hamstring tightness as the Twins (70-81) fell to 7-16 in their last 23 games.

Up next LHP Carlos Rodón (6-3, 2.94 ERA) starts the last game of the series for the Yankees on Wednesday afternoon. RHP Zebby Matthews (9-10, 4.98 ERA) pitches for the Twins.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Lewis grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Clemens grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Bell flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Rice lined out to third.
	9th Inning	Caballero singled to center, Lombard Jr. scored.
	9th Inning	Sánchez grounded out to third, Lombard Jr. to second.

Statistics

NYY		MIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	12
6	Strikeouts	6
8	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
14	Hits	7
2	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
42	At Bats	32
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
24	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
24	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
179	Pitches	117
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	1
22	Total Bases	10
46	Plate Appearances	32
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	2
8.9	Runs Created	1.8
.333	Batting Average	.219
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.524	Slugging Percentage	.313
.333	Secondary Average	.125
.391	On Base Percentage	.219
.915	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.531
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
8.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.9
58.0	Batter Rating	16.5
21.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.89	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.66
.190	Isolated Power	.094
0.67	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.087	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.094
16.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
104.0	MLB Rating	70.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0