MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Interstat) — Max Fried pitched seven innings and the New York Yankees backed him with 14 hits on Tuesday, Sept. 15, beating the Minnesota Twins 8-1 at Target Field. Fried allowed one earned run on six hits with six strikeouts while improving to 5-4. Bailey Ober took the loss after yielding three earned runs on nine hits with two walks and three strikeouts. Cody Bellinger went 3 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs, Spencer Jones hit a three-run homer, and Heliot Ramos added two hits and an RBI. Anthony Volpe also had two hits. Emmanuel Rodriguez drove in Minnesota’s lone run with two hits. Ryan Yarbrough worked two scoreless innings in relief. New York scored in four innings, while Minnesota scored in one. Attendance at Target Field was 27,882, and the game lasted 2 hours, 45 minutes. New York improved to 88-63. Minnesota fell to 70-81.