November 7, 2024

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Each day brings a new marvel from

. Today, it was a bases-clearing triple in the fifth — his first in five years — as the captain finished the day with five RBIs.

was perfect through 5.1 innings before a Carlos Santana solo shot broke up the perfect game, no-hitter, and shutout bids in one fell swoop, but it was one of the few blemishes on one of Rodón’s best starts in pinstripes, which included a season-high nine strikeouts. All told, the Yankees won their seventh in a row with a 9-5 victory over the Twins.

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Looking back at Chris Paddack’s last start against the Yankees in May, Minnesota felt he was tipping his pitches, leading to the five runs on 12 hits. Despite the Twins believing he fixed the issue, the Yankees picked up right where they left off facing Paddack. Anthony Volpe extended his on-base streak to 31 games with an opposite field single to lead off the first. Juan Soto then dropped a broken bat blooper over Carlos Correa’s glove to put runners on the corners with no outs for Aaron Judge. The captain rolled a soft grounder to the right side, plating Volpe for his 50th RBI on the season. It wouldn’t be his last.

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Alex Verdugo was rung up on strikes for the second out, but that just allowed us to enjoy the disciplined two-out approach of the three following batters. Giancarlo Stanton lasered a 97-mph heater to the opposite field for a 115.5-mph single, driving in Soto for the second run.

Anthony Rizzo then found himself in a quick 0-2 hole, but stayed back on a fastball and inside-outed it to left to put runners on second and third for Gleyber Torres.

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The second baseman has been steadily getting his season on track, with a 143 wRC+ across his last 21 games, and he delivered a huge hit, flipping a double down the right field line that just bounced off Manuel Margot’s glove on the

diving attempt and into the stands to bring Stanton and Rizzo home and double the Yankees’ lead, 4-0.

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