Judge, Yankees use six-run surge to beat Twins 8‑3
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Interstat) — Aaron Judge hit a three-run home run to highlight a six-run outburst, and the New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 8-3 Monday at Target Field to clinch their 61st postseason berth and ninth in 10 seasons. José Caballero went 2 for 4 with a homer and two RBIs. Judge drove in three. Will Warren struck out six over 5 2/3 scoreless innings for New York. Tim Hill earned the win in relief, John Schreiber got the save and Andrew Morris took the loss. Minnesota’s Emmanuel Rodriguez tripled and drove in two, while Josh Bell homered and had two hits. Dean Kremer allowed one earned run and struck out five over 5 2/3 innings for the Twins. The Yankees had nine hits to Minnesota’s seven. The Twins grounded into two double plays. Attendance at Target Field was 24,204, and the game took 2 hours, 58 minutes. New York improved to 87-63, and Minnesota dropped to 70-80.