{"id":93162,"date":"2025-09-15T06:53:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T06:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=93162"},"modified":"2025-09-15T06:53:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T06:53:40","slug":"deadspin-aaron-judge-yankees-look-to-extend-success-vs-twins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=93162","title":{"rendered":"Deadspin | Aaron Judge, Yankees look to extend success vs. Twins"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-900\/27086148.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-900\/27086148.jpg\" alt=\"Deadspin | Aaron Judge, Yankees look to extend success vs. Twins\" \/>Sep 14, 2025; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge (99) runs the bases after hitting a solo home run against the Boston Red Sox during the fifth inning at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-1\">The New York Yankees hold the No. 1 spot in the American League wild-card standings, but they would prefer to sit atop their division and let other teams battle it out for the wild card.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-2\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"section-3\">New York (83-66) will get a chance to climb closer to first place in the AL East when they open a three-game series against the Minnesota Twins (65-84) on Monday night in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-4\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"section-5\">The Yankees, who have won nine of the last 10 meetings against the Twins, enter the series four games behind the Toronto Blue Jays (87-62) for first place.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-6\">New York holds a 1 1\/2-game edge over the Boston Red Sox and a 2 1\/2-game lead over the Houston Astros, who also occupy wild-card spots. The Texas Rangers and Cleveland Guardians remain in the hunt as they sit two games back and 2 1\/2 games back, respectively, of the final wild-card spot.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-7\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"section-8\">The Yankees arrive in Minnesota with a bad taste in their mouth after losing 6-4 to the Red Sox on Sunday night. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-9\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"section-10\">Yankees manager Aaron Boone did not want to offer a big-picture view of his team&#8217;s recent matchups against playoff contenders.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-11\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"section-12\">&#8220;We&#8217;ll get into Minnesota here late and we&#8217;ve got another playoff game (Monday),&#8221; Boone said. &#8220;That&#8217;s how I look at it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-13\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"section-14\">Yankees slugger Aaron Judge will look to stay hot. He has five home runs in his past six games, including his 48th homer of the season Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-15\"><\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section id=\"section-16\">&#8220;He looks really good,&#8221; Boone said. &#8220;More good ABs (on Sunday). He smokes a ball off the wall there, the last one. That&#8217;s as clean as you can hit a ball the other way. &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-17\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"section-18\">&#8220;He&#8217;s just getting on time, getting into that good position where he&#8217;s making his move how he wants to (at the plate). I feel like that&#8217;s where he&#8217;s kind of been searching for these last few weeks, and it looks really good to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-19\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"section-20\">Twins right-hander Simeon Woods Richardson (6-4, 4.58 ERA) will try to stifle Judge and his teammates. Woods Richardson is going for back-to-back wins after holding the Los Angeles Angels to three runs in five innings on Sept. 8.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-21\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"section-22\">This will be Woods Richardson&#8217;s first career start against the Yankees.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-23\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"section-24\">New York will counter with left-hander Carlos Rodon (16-8, 3.11), who has registered three straight quality starts. Rodon took the loss in his last outing despite limiting the Detroit Tigers to two runs on five hits in six innings.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-25\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"section-26\">In 15 games (14 starts) against the Twins, Rodon is 9-3 with a 4.00 ERA in 83 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-27\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"section-28\">The Twins are coming off a series loss against the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks, who took two of three over the weekend.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-29\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"section-30\">&#8220;I feel like we were in every game and competed,&#8221; Twins outfielder Matt Wallner said. &#8220;(We&#8217;re) just taking that and finishing strong and just building for next year &#8212; everyone as a group, individually. 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