The Minnesota Twins scored an impressive victory on Wednesday night, using home runs from Byron Buxton and Ryan Jeffers to power to an 8-1 win over the New York Yankees.
After a 10-4 humbling at Target Field on Tuesday night, the Twins responded in style on Wednesday, tying up the series on the back of an outstanding offensive performance.
The Twins had a difficult matchup against Nestor Cortes Jr., who came into the game with an AL-leading 1.50 ERA, but Minnesota took an early lead with a pair of runs in the fourth inning.
The Yankees took one back in the 5th, but then Jeffers and Buxton hit a pair of solo home runs, knocking Cortes out of the game.
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The Twins poured it on from there as Jose Miranda drove in 3 RBIs and Carlos Correa went 1-for-3 with a walk in his return from the COVID list.
With Chris Archer allowing one run over five innings, the Twins were able to even up the three-game series.
Minnesota will go for the series victory on Thursday night when Dylan Bundy goes up against Gerrit Cole.
