Whoever first observed that baseball is a funny sport may have been envisioning games like the Yankees’ 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.
The Yankees, who had rolled up 29 runs and 34 hits against the Twins over the first three games of the series, were struggling to manage even a single off Minnesota starter Kyle Gibson, who in his six previous starts against them was 1-4 with a 9.21 earned run average.
The Yankees did manage to end Gibson’s bid for a perfect game, with Brett Gardner’s walk in the fourth inning, and stop his no-hitter, with Gardner’s single in the sixth inning.