Gio Urshela reached base two more times Sunday and the Yankees got a big, two-run homer by Mike Tauchman. Neither was in the plans when the team was being built.
Still, no one was more important to their 4-1 rain-shortened win over the Twins than Domingo German. And for much of the season, no one has made more of his opportunity than the right-hander who has been the team’s most effective starter through the first six weeks of the season.
German allowed one run over 6 ²/u2083 innings, striking out seven and throwing a career-high 108 pitches on a cold, wet afternoon in The Bronx.