Sunday's Twins-Yankees game recap

The key player and stats from the Twins' 7-1 victory:

June 27, 2016 at 3:12AM
Minnesota Twins' Juan Centeno, right, watches his ninth-inning solo home run off New York Yankees relief pitcher Kirby Yates during a baseball game in New York, Sunday, June 26, 2016. Yankees catcher Brian McCann, left, also watches.
Minnesota Twins' Juan Centeno, right, watches his ninth-inning solo home run off New York Yankees relief pitcher Kirby Yates during a baseball game in New York, Sunday, June 26, 2016. Yankees catcher Brian McCann, left, also watches. (Randy Johnson — AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

IMPACT PLAYER

Tyler Duffey, Twins

Retired 24 of the 26 hitters he faced, including the first 17 in a row, the most dominating start of his career.

BY THE NUMBERS

13: Home runs hit by the Twins against the Yankees this season, or 15.7 percent of their season total.

5: Games in which the Twins never trailed this season, counting Sunday's wire-to-wire win.

31-0: The Twins' all-time record when they hit five or more home runs in a game.

ON DECK

An off day in Chicago, then Kyle Gibson's latest attempt to break his season-long victory drought.

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