All good things must come to an end, and the Yankees’ eight-game win streak is apparently no exception. New York had no answer for Minnesota last night, falling behind early and never making it close in an 8-1 beatdown. Nestor Cortes had a rare outing where he just didn’t have it, and the offense was MIA for the first time in a while as well. It sucks, but it happens. Meanwhile, the rest of the league was active and looking to gain some ground on the Yankees’ top spot.
St. Louis lost in heartbreaking fashion in their previous game, but they didn’t ever have a lead to blow in this one.