MINNEAPOLIS — The Yankees won the AL East thanks largely to their bats and their bullpen.
On Monday, their gloves also made the difference, as they repeatedly took hits — sometimes extra-base hits — and runs away from the Twins, which helped them seal the ALDS with a 5-1 win in Game 3 at Target Field.
“You have to make those plays to go far in the playoffs,’’ Zack Britton said.
It started in the third, when Aaron Judge played the first of two balls off the wall like a veteran of the ballpark.