After drubbing the Twins last night to win their eighth straight game and close to within four games of the division-leading Rays, the Yankees take on Minnesota in a daytime tilt. Another victory today would not only extend the win streak, but it would also continue to apply pressure to Tampa. Momentum can be a fickle creature, but the Yankees seemingly have it in abundance. Another win today further stokes the fire.
Recently returned from the COVID-IL, Gerrit Cole makes his second start since coming back. Outside of a rough patch shortly before the All-Star break, Cole has been everything the team and its fans could have hoped for a rotation that has sometimes seemed to be held together with nothing but gumption and Nestor Cortes’ moustache.