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Yankees maintain 5-1 lead over Twins in Game 3
Twins starter Jake Odorizzi gave up a solo home run to Gleyber Torres in the second inning, and the Yankees added single runs in the third and seventh innings. Eddie Rosario's home run in the eighth closed the gap, but the Yankees quickly widened it again with two ninth-inning runs.
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Everyone in action: Keep up with baseball postseason games here
Four games -- including the Twins vs. Yankees -- are scheduled for today, and all of them are elimination games for teams trailing in their series. Get scores and updates here.
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Twins-Yankees: New York media tramples Twins, looks at what's next
Here's some of what you could find in the New York media in the interlude between Games 2 and 3 of the American League Divisional Series. It is (understandably) unkind to the Twins.
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Reusse: Even a playoff flop would reflect positively on Baldelli
Rocco Baldelli's qualities as a manager don't appear to be enough to stop this Yankees lineup. But they assisted greatly in winning 101 games.
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At end of first decade, Target Field has what it needs: A winning team
Monday's game against the Yankees is only the third postseason home game ever to be played at Target Field; the first two, in the ballpark's inaugural 2010 season, were consecutive losses to the Yankees.
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Right at home: Encarnacion always enjoys hitting at Target Field
Yankees veteran slugger Edwin Encarnacion shares the lead for visiting home runs at the Twins ballpark.
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Twins need a hero: Odorizzi primed for a win-or-else challenge
In what could be his final start for the Twins, his team is asking nothing less from Jake Odorizzi than this: Save our season tonight against the Yankees at Target Field.
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Twins lost big but had small improvements available
These three decisions by the Twins and manager Rocco Baldelli were fair to wonder about before they had negative consequences.
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After two swings and two misses, Twins batters ponder approach for Game 3
The Twins have scored six runs in two games. So what now? "We have a plan," Twins designated hitter Nelson Cruz said. "Hopefully the plan works this time."
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Twins-Yankes ALDS Game 3 preview
A look at Monday night's ALDS matchup
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Reusse: Game 2 starter Dobnak had big-league material well before joining Twins
A consistent release point has enabled rookie righthander Randy Dobnak to command his excellent sinker.
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More Homer Hankies should arrive in Twin Cities today
Demand has exceeded expectations, with more than 200,000 sold so far
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Souhan: Twins' lineup of sluggers does little to rattle Yankees pitching
In two lopsided losses in the Bronx, the Twins lost by a combined score of 18-6, and in their 8-2 loss on Saturday at Yankee Stadium in Game 2, they were hardly competitive.
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Yankees slam Twins 8-2 to take 2-0 lead; Game 3 Monday at Target Field
Didi Gregorius' third-inning grand slam was the deciding blow as New York rolled to the victory, the Yankees' 12th in a row over the Twins in postseason play.
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Hartman: Young Twins stars emerged to put together a historic season
Even if the Twins lose this series in three games, the fact is that they are in prime position to contend for years.
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Tanaka and his off-speed arsenal baffles Twins again
The Twins' working knowledge of how to handle Yankees 30-year-old righthander Masahiro Tanaka amounted to little.
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Misstep in June eventually led to Rosario playing right field
Eddie Rosario started each of the first two games in the American League Division Series standing in front of the short porch in Yankee Stadium.
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Dobnak: 'Nerves were fine. I don't know what it was.'
Twins rookie pitcher Randy Dobnak felt loose and looked loose to start Saturday's game. Then, the Yankees geared up. Quickly, they drove Dobnak out of the game.
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Twins bullpen keeps missing its spots vs. Yankees
In two games this ALDS, the Twins bullpen has been handed 10 innings to cover, and they haven't done the job: 11 runs on nine hits plus a whopping 11 walks.
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Twins have never won a Game 3 after losing first two games of a series
The Twins have been swept every time they have lost the first two games in a playoff series, dating to 1969
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