MINNEAPOLIS – There have been a few times this season that it seemed as if the magic might hit Trent Grisham.
Except every time, soon, he reaches back in his bag with tricks and does it again. And then it is mid -September, with 10 more games in the season, and he has 33 home runs as an integral part of the Yankees -Line -Up.
Grisham’s career year went on Wednesday when he crushed two more home runs to lift the Yankees to a 10-5 victory over the twins in the rubber match of the series in Target Field.
For the first time since September 7, the Yankees (85-67) took a competition on the Blue Jays (who own the head-to-head tie-graker), which trimmed their lead on top of the Al East to four games.
In the more realistic race, the Yankees kept on the top Al Wild Card, with a 1 ¹/₂ game lead over the Astros and two games about the Red Sox.
Before Tuesday, Grisham was stuck in a 1-from-25 routine during his last eight games. But then he housed in the attacking explosion on Tuesday evening before he added two more on Wednesday. Since August 20, nobody in the Majors has beaten more home runs than Grisham (12), who has eight in his last 19 games.
Cody Bellinger added his 29th home run of the season, a two-run shot, in the top of the ninth for some extra breathing space after Fernando Cruz, Devin Williams and Luke Weaver had combined for 3 ¹/₃ Shutoutinings to relieve an ineffective Luis Gil. Bellerlings’s left-left shot allowed David Bednar to get the night free when Camilo Doval closed the twins (66-86) in the bottom of the inning.
The victory continued with another late night for the Yankees, who played a escape match for the second time on this 10-day, 10-game trip.
They would arrive in Baltimore in the early hours of Thursday morning before they started a four-game against the Orioles on Thursday evening.
“It is what it is,” said Aaron Boone manager before the competition. “Everyone has to deal with it in one way or another, shape or shape.”
A night after Cam Schlittler could not endure the fifth inning, even though he had stopped a considerable lead, Gil did the same.
From his best start of a injuries-demolished season, in which he threw six no-hit innings against the Red Sox, Gil again struggled with his command and only lasted 4 ²/₃ innings while giving up five runs (four) on a season-high nine hits and two walks.
Gil actually had two out in the fifth inning with a runner on the first and a 7-2 lead when it fell apart. He gave back-to-back singles to Trevor Larnach and Luke Keaschall who brought the twins within 7-3 before Gil walked Pinch-Hitter James Outman. Brooks Lee followed with a two-run single in the middle, making it a 7-5 game.
At that time, Boone called on Cruz, who got a fly to a few runners and then threw a scoreless sixth.
The Yankees jumped out to an early lead for the second consecutive night, this time on former Rays right -handed Taj Bradley. Aaron Judge (3-out-4, Walk) crashed a two-out Double at the top of the first and came around to score on Bellinger’s single to the left field.
The twins benefited Van Gil’s lack of command in the second inning, however, to jump 2-1 ahead during a walk, wandering Pickoff-throw, two singles and a passed ball.
But Grisham tied it with his first home run of the night in the third inning, an explosion of 432 feet.
In the fourth inning, Paul Goldschmidt and Jasson Domínguez made back-to-back Doubles for the 3-2 lead before Grisham trembled a three-Run shot to bring the score to 6-2.
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