Headley, Drew homer as Eovaldi, Yankees beat Twins 7

But rsquo Headley& homer was Brett Gardner, and a leadoff error that expense Gibson that 1-0 lead his teammates received provided ‘ s leadoff one while in the sixth inning sparked a rebellion that rsquo couldn &;t incorporate. Earlier, Rodriguez told reporters he was planning to celebrate his 40th birthday on Monday in Texas with family and friends.

The Twins beat New York 10-1 Friday and gave away the last two games of the series, including a heartbreaking 8-5 loss Saturday after all-star closer Glen Perkins blew a save in the ninth. “They happened to be standing where we hit it and made some really good plays behind him”.

“I’m happy where I’m at: great kids, good friends, team in first place”, said Rodriguez, whose history with performance-enhancing drugs includes his three-year stint in Arlington.

The guide never thought quite protected, and was only 1-0, not using the Yankees continuously harmful. Rodriguez connected on Perkins’ first pitch for a tying homer, and John Ryan Murphy later launched a three-run shot. They know what I’m trying to do.

“You take your medicine; you lose a series”, Molitor said.

While Rodriguez credited Joe Girardi with helping keep him healthy and productive this season, he also appreciated Girardi’s effort to stay in contact when the DH was suspended. By then, the slugger had already showed his strength.

Rodriguez hit a 452-foot solo homer in the fourth and a 422-foot drive that made it 5-3 in the seventh. He didn’t play at all last season while sitting out a drug suspension. Two days before his 40th, Alex Rodriguez hit three of them. “If they get two or three runs, you can go out and just try to establish the strike zone and go from there”.

In that series, bullpen pitchers had 7 2/3 innings pitched, giving up just four hits and one run.

Miguel Sano, 22, signed by the Twins as a 16-year-old out of the Dominican Republic, then muscled a hanging slider over the wall in dead center for his third homer and a 2-0 lead. The Yankees broke it open with a six-run sixth.

“I don’t remember”, Hunter said. I was getting a lot of swing-and-miss with my split. Miller (5-7) allowed 1 run on 2 hits in 7-plus innings.

“No, it doesn’t”, Girardi said. “He’s been impressive”. Torii Hunter had an RBI groundout in the third that scored Aaron Hicks, and Trevor Plouffe added a run-scoring single in the ninth against reliever Justin Wilson. For Sunday’s game the Yankees start Nathan Eovaldi who has allowed 127 hits and 51 earned runs while striking out 75 over 103.2 innings for a 9-2 record and a 4.43 ERA.

Sabathia was pulled after walking Brian Dozier to load the bases in the sixth.

Don’t expect to see that become their identity, manager Paul Molitor said. “It was a good time for me to pause and just get a full understanding of making smart choices and surrounding myself with good people”. “That’s why they have the appeal process and it kind of spiraled down from there”.

Tigers 5, Red Sox 1: Nick Castellanos drove in three runs with a solo homer and double for Detroit.