It sure looks like they were about to do it. The 1st batter of the game was rookie sensation Anthony Volpe and he hit his 1st major league home run. Before I could even finish writing about it on Facebook, Aaron Judge hit the next pitch to make it back-to-back home runs. So it was 2-0.
And Nestor Cortés was being especially nasty on the mound. Through the 1st 5 innings, he allowed just 2 hits, and no walks, although he did hit 2 batters. In the top of the 6th, he gave up a home run to former Houston Astros cheater Carlos Correa, but Giancarlo Stanton took that run right back in the bottom of the 6th, with a home run of his own. Cortés gave up another homer in the 7th, but left with the score 3-2 Yankees.
In this 1st season of the post-Aroldis Chapman era, manager Aaron Boone is counting on Clay Holmes to be the new closer. Well, he brought Holmes in to pitch the 8th, and it was a mistake: before he could get a single out, he allowed single, walk, double, and just like that, the Yankees were losing. And they couldn't get anything going in the last 2 innings.
Twins 4, Yankees 3. WP: Emilio Pagan (1-0). SV: Jhoan Duran (that's how he spells it, and the save was his 4th). LP: Holmes (0-1).
This loss was worse than the one the night before. The night before, they were down 9-0 after 1 inning, and we knew we weren't getting back into the game. This time, we were leading in the 8th inning. You don't want to lose like that. I mean, you never want to lose, at all, but you certainly don't want to lose like that.
The series continues this afternoon. Domingo Germán starts against Tyler Mahle. Since this is April 15, the anniversary of Jackie Robinson's debut, all players, in all games, will wear Number 42.
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