MINNEAPOLIS — If you strung together the three home runs that Alex Rodriguez hit Saturday night, they would total 1,298 feet — about as long a shot as the Yankees figured to have of winning Saturday night’s game.
But win it they did, rallying from a five-run deficit to shock the Minnesota Twins, 8-5, when John Ryan Murphy hit his first home run of the season, a three-run shot into the seats in right-center field in the top of the ninth.
As Murphy crossed home plate, his attempt at a forearm bash with Chase Headley was so vigorous it looked like a forearm shiver.