The Minnesota Twins had plans of making a statement in the Bronx on Friday night. As the franchise came into Friday night’s game riding a 13-game postseason losing streak that tied an MLB record, this was a different team than the ones that had built the bulk of that streak which included 10 losses to their current American League Divisional Series opponent, the New York Yankees.
Despite plenty of new faces in this situation, the results remained the same. The Yankees would use several big innings and the Twins couldn’t find the big hit they needed. Throw in a shaky bullpen performance and the Twins would drop their MLB-record 14th straight playoff loss as they fell to the Yankees by a score of 10-4.