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MINNEAPOLIS — If Aaron Hicks had not made the biggest catch of the Yankees’ season — a full extension diving grab at the warning track with the tying and winning runs on base — in one of baseball’s most awfully exhilarating games of the season, the Minnesota Twins and Yankees might still be playing.
Hicks’s jaw-dropping play ended what felt like a heavyweight battle between two of the best teams in baseball on Tuesday night. Two high-powered offenses had landed many blows on the opposing pitching staffs and kept punching. Every out felt like a gigantic task.