Aaron Judge drove in five runs, Carlos Rodón retired his first 16 batters and the New York Yankees matched their longest winning streak of the season at seven by beating the Minnesota Twins 9-5 Wednesday night.
New York has won 18 of 22 games and is tied with Philadelphia for the best record in the major leagues at 44-19.
Backed by a four-run first inning, Rodón won his career-best sixth straight start. He didn’t allow a hit untilNew York has won six straight against the Twins dating to last season and is 106-42 against Minnesota since 2002. The Yankees are 5-0 against the Twins this year, outscoring them 28-7 .on his 25th birthday, a day after Lewis went deep in his return from a strained right quadriceps that sidelined him for 58 games.
Rodón allowed two runs and three hits in six innings, striking out nine and walking none. Opponents have a .197 batting average in his last six starts.sprawled on the outfield grass for a backhand stop on Santana’s grounder in the third, then popped up and made a one-hop throw to first. Soto made a jumping catch to pullPaddack, wearing matching red on his long undershirt sleeves, cleats and glove, allowed seven runs and six hits in four-plus innings.
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