Yankees pitcher Bryan Mitchell suffers nasal fracture after line drive hits

Closer Andrew Miller (1-2) struck out two in the 10th for his first victory with the Yankees.

Chase Headley hit a bases-loaded grounder in the 10th inning that Minnesota’s five-man infield bobbled, and the Yankees, despite losing Mitchell to a line drive that caused a nasal fracture, beat the Twins 8-7 on Monday night.

Of greater significance, it was Rodriguez’s third go-ahead home run this year hit in the seventh inning or later. Alex Rodriguez was overdue for a homer and hit a grand slam, his 25th homer of the yar. Girardi said he’s not sure yet on Pineda’s next step.

NOTES: The Yankees made four transactions involving their pitchers Tuesday.

The Yankees, leaders of the American League East, added three insurance runs off Graham in the eighth.

This past weekend at Toronto, A-Rod admitted to feeling “like [garbage]” at the plate, though “the formula never changes”. “He was still really sore today”, manager Joe Girardi said. “You don’t want to fall behind 2-0, but I wanted to get it a little more away”.

Play was stopped after the Yankees and their medical staff quickly rushed to the mound.

Three runs were charged to O’Rourke, pushing his ERA to 5.02.

His reply was positive according to McCann saying that “he is alright and just needs to get off the pitch”.

Rodney (5-5) only retired one of the batters he faced.

The Yankees were able to strike first in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Forced into action when starter Bryan Mitchell was hit in the face by a batted ball, Cotham was hit hard in two innings, surrendering four runs (three earned) on six hits, including two homers, while striking out one in two innings.

Despite another assured display from rookie pitcher Carlos Rodon, his first career complete game, the Chicago White Sox fell to a 2-1 defeat to the Los Angeles Angels in a series opener at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. Beltre also hit a pair of RBI doubles in the Rangers’ fifth consecutive win, which leaves them just one game behind Baltimore for the second AL wild-card berth. Later in the inning, Eddie Rosario singled to right, which scored Trevor Plouffe to give the Twins their first lead of the game 4-3. Perkins, it was learned after the game, headed back to the Twin Cities to have his neck examined. That run began with a four-homer onslaught against the Yankees on July 24 at Target Field.

Rumbelow, called up earlier in the day to supplement the burned-out bullpen, relieved Sabathia and gave up an RBI single to left center by Shane Robinson, pushing Minnesota’s lead to three. Brendan Ryan walked and, after Jacoby Ellsbury flew out to right, Brett Gardner walked to load the bases.