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September 16, 2026 · AL Cent

New York Yankees vs Minnesota Twins

September 16, 2026Target FieldPartly Cloudy 71°F · 10 mph, In From RF
AWAY
New York Yankees
88-64
4
vs
HOME
Minnesota Twins
71-81
5

Game Highlights

Published September 16, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B1 Josh Bell Josh Bell singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Cody Bellinger. Luke Keaschall scores. Ryan Jeffers to 2nd. NYY 0, MIN 1
B5 Ryan Kreidler Ryan Kreidler homers (7) on a fly ball to left field. NYY 0, MIN 2
T9 Anthony Volpe Anthony Volpe doubles (11) on a sharp fly ball to right fielder Luke Keaschall. George Lombard Jr. scores. José Caballero scores. NYY 2, MIN 2
T10 Ali Sánchez Ali Sánchez singles on a line drive to center fielder Emmanuel Rodriguez. Cody Bellinger scores. NYY 3, MIN 2
B10 Luke Keaschall Luke Keaschall singles on a line drive to left fielder José Caballero. Brooks Lee scores. NYY 3, MIN 3
T11 José Caballero José Caballero out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Emmanuel Rodriguez. George Lombard Jr. scores. NYY 4, MIN 3
B11 Royce Lewis Royce Lewis out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Spencer Jones. Walker Jenkins scores. Kody Clemens to 2nd. NYY 4, MIN 4
B13 Victor Caratini Victor Caratini singles on a ground ball to center fielder Spencer Jones. Luke Keaschall scores. NYY 4, MIN 5

Box score

  12345678910111213 R
NYY 0000000021100 4
MIN 1000100001101 5

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Yankees AWAY 4

Carlos Rodón started for Yankees, leaving trailing 0–2. Out of the bullpen, David Bednar took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Carlos Rodón Starter 6.0 102 2 5
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Carlos Rodón threw
    CSW 28% 1st-pitch strike 60% 4.1 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 42 41% 3 12 6 12 9
    Slider 31 30% 6 3 4 15 3
    Changeup 13 13% 1 1 1 7 3
    Sinker 9 9% 1 0 2 5 1
    Curveball 7 7% 1 1 0 4 1
  • Clarke Schmidt Middle 0.2 24 0 2
  • Brent Headrick Setup 1.1 21 0 2 inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Paul Blackburn Middle 1.0 11 0 0
  • David Bednar Closer 2.0 26 2 2 BS
  • John Schreiber Setup 1.0 4 1 0 L
Twins HOME 5

Zebby Matthews started for Twins, leaving with a 2–0 lead. Out of the bullpen, Yoendrys Gómez took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Zebby Matthews Starter 6.0 97 0 8
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Zebby Matthews threw
    CSW 26% 1st-pitch strike 68% 4.4 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Slider 30 31% 6 3 7 9 5
    Four-Seam Fastball 27 28% 4 5 8 9 1
    Changeup 18 19% 1 3 3 10 1
    Cutter 11 11% 0 1 5 2 3
    Curveball 6 6% 2 0 2 1 1
    Sinker 5 5% 0 0 1 3 1
  • Jeff Hoffman Setup 1.0 16 0 2 HLD
  • A.J. Minter Setup 1.0 22 0 2 HLD
  • Yoendrys Gómez Closer 0.2 24 2 2 BS
  • Kody Funderburk Setup 0.1 3 0 0 inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Travis Adams Middle 3.0 34 2 1
  • Tommy Nance Middle 1.0 14 0 2 W

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 13th · off Schreiber
  • Caratini 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · NYY
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Ben Rice DH 3 0 1 0 3 1 .262 .360 .524 .884
Cody Bellinger 1B 5 1 3 0 1 0 .276 .351 .444 .795 SB
Heliot Ramos RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 .243 .304 .400 .704
Ali Sánchez C 2 0 1 1 0 1 .250 .275 .316 .591
Spencer Jones CF 6 0 0 0 0 5 .252 .323 .440 .763
George Lombard Jr. SS 6 2 1 0 0 0 .225 .286 .342 .628
Ryan McMahon 3B 6 0 0 0 0 4 .210 .275 .346 .621
José Caballero LF 0 1 0 1 0 0 .234 .290 .374 .664
Anthony Volpe 2B 5 0 2 2 0 0 .253 .333 .351 .684 2B, SB
Aaron Judge RF 2 0 0 0 0 2 .241 .360 .511 .871
Luis García Jr. 1B 4 0 0 0 0 3 .283 .314 .538 .852
Austin Wells C 2 0 0 0 0 0 .179 .277 .313 .590
Paul Goldschmidt 1B 2 0 1 0 0 0 .253 .315 .458 .773
HOME · MIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Luke Keaschall RF 5 2 3 1 0 0 .279 .372 .389 .761 SB
Victor Caratini PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 .221 .315 .318 .633
Ryan Jeffers C 4 0 0 0 1 3 .259 .360 .476 .836
Kody Clemens 2B 4 0 1 0 1 2 .241 .302 .470 .772 SB
Royce Lewis 1B 4 0 0 1 0 1 .228 .293 .386 .679
Emmanuel Rodriguez CF 4 0 0 0 1 1 .263 .300 .579 .879
Ryan Kreidler SS 4 1 1 1 1 2 .217 .280 .374 .654 HR (7)
Brooks Lee 3B 2 1 1 0 1 0 .246 .297 .426 .723
Austin Martin LF 5 0 1 0 0 1 .234 .346 .322 .668
Josh Bell DH 5 0 1 1 0 1 .253 .316 .421 .737
Ben Ross SS 2 0 1 0 0 0 .167 .167 .333 .500 2B

Pitching lines

AWAY · NYY
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Carlos Rodón 6.0 4 2 2 3 5 1 102 2.95
Clarke Schmidt 0.2 2 0 0 0 2 0 24 0.00
Brent Headrick 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 21 1.90
Paul Blackburn 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 1.65
David Bednar 2.0 3 2 0 0 2 0 26 2.58 BS
John Schreiber 1.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 3.14 L
HOME · MIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Zebby Matthews 6.0 2 0 0 2 8 0 97 4.74
Jeff Hoffman 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16 3.53 HLD
A.J. Minter 1.0 2 0 0 1 2 0 22 2.61 HLD
Yoendrys Gómez 0.2 3 2 2 1 2 0 24 4.10 BS
Kody Funderburk 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.86
Travis Adams 3.0 2 2 0 1 1 0 34 4.97
Tommy Nance 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 4.06 W

Manager comparison

AWAY · NYY
Aaron Boone
Aaron Boone
Lineup 3.5 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 3.3 R
HOME · MIN
Derek Shelton
Derek Shelton
Lineup 3.3 R Bunts 1.2 R IBBs 3.8 R

Recent form

AWAY · NYY
6-4 L2 +13 run diff
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HOME · MIN
4-6 W1 -11 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with NYY listed first across 3 prior meetings.

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