MINNEAPOLIS — Welcome to Arena Baseball, where no lead is secure and protective netting is needed to keep fans safe while seated in fair territory.
After scoring five runs in the eighth to take a one-run lead, the Yankees watched Zack Britton give up a two-run homer to Miguel Sano in the home half of the frame that put the Yankees back in a one-run hole.
Aaron Hicks’ two-out, two-run homer in the ninth vaulted the Yankees ahead by a run but that wasn’t enough to survive Aroldis Chapman’s wildness in the home half of the frame as the Twins tied it — again.