The Yankees’ quest to reach their first World Series in 10 years gets underway tonight in the Bronx, where they face the powerful Minnesota Twins in Game 1 of the American League division series, a matchup of the Bomba Squad vs. the Bronx Bombers.
First pitch is scheduled for 7:07 p.m., and the game will be broadcast on MLB Network.
Pregame Reading
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It is the Yankees’ first playoff game since last year’s disappointing loss to the Boston Red Sox in Game 4 of the division series, and it comes against a familiar playoff foe. The Yankees and the Twins have met five times in the postseason, beginning in 2003, and the Yankees have advanced each time, winning 13 of 15 games.
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But this year, the two teams appear more evenly matched. The Yankees won 103 games to capture the A.L. East by seven games, and the Twins won 101 and took the Central by eight games.
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Both teams slug the twine out of the baseball. In a year in which baseballs flew out of stadiums at a mind-numbing pace (four teams surpassed the previous record of 267 home runs, set by the Yankees in 2018), these are the two biggest mashers in the history of the sport. Minnesota hit 307 homers to establish the new single-season record, and the Yankees were only one behind.
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