NEW YORK (Interstat) — Joe Ryan pitched seven innings of three-hit shutout ball, striking out nine, and the Minnesota Twins defeated the New York Yankees 6-1 Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium II.

Minnesota scored single runs in the first and fourth innings, then added two in the fifth and two more in the sixth. The Yankees scored their lone run in the ninth. Royce Lewis went 2 for 4 with two RBIs, and Brooks Lee had three hits and an RBI for the Twins, who collected 12 hits. Andrew Morris and Yoendrys Gómez completed the win with one inning each.

Ryan Weathers took the loss, allowing four earned runs on six hits in four innings for the Yankees, who managed five hits. Angel Chivilli, Jake Bird, Paul Blackburn and Camilo Doval pitched scoreless relief.

The Twins improved to 44-47, while the Yankees fell to 49-40. Attendance was 39,155, and the game lasted 3:01.