NEW YORK – New postseason, same old story for the New York Yankees and Minnesota Twins.
DJ LeMahieu homered and drove in four runs, Gleyber Torres snapped a tie with a two-run double and the Yankees extended their October mastery of Minnesota with a 10-4 victory Friday night in the best-of-five AL Division Series opener.
Aaron Judge made two diving catches in right field as the AL East champions handed Minnesota its major-league-record 14th consecutive playoff defeat — 11 of them to the Yankees since 2004.
Judge’s second grab thwarted a potential rally and left grateful reliever Zack Britton with both hands on his head to end the top of the seventh inning, when the Twins were still within striking distance.