Thursday's Twins-Yankees game recap

June 11, 2021 at 5:00AM

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Nelson Cruz, Twins

The veteran slugger smacked a 457-foot home run off Aroldis Chapman to deliver the Twins a rare victory over the Yankees.

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2 Times the Twins have hit two home runs in a game off Chapman; they were the last to do it, when Eduardo Escobar and Kurt Suzuki did it June 18, 2016.

3 Home runs for Yankees star Giancarlo Stanton in the final two games of this series.

14 Career walkoff hits for Cruz.

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