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Mitch Garver hit two of five home runs by the Twins, who held on for an 8-6 victory over the Yankees after a tone-setting triple play in the first inning . "Those are the teams that you're going to have to play at the end of the season if you want to hold up the trophy," said Garver, who has 19 homers in just 181 at-bats. "These are the games that are really good for us, because we're playing against the top level." Continue to Article

July 23, 2019 1:07:am EST

It was the eighth game this season that the Twins hit five or more home runs in a game, tying the major league record set by the 1977 Boston Red Sox. Garver finished 3-for-4 with three runs scored and Polanco also had two hits and two runs scored. The triple play, the 13th in Twins and history and first since June 1, 2017 against the Angels, occurred in the first inning after Minnesota starter Martin Perez began the frame by walking both DJ LeMahieu and Aaron Judge. Continue to Article

July 22, 2019 11:45:pm EST

The New York Yankees recalled right-hander Jonathan Holder on Monday just short of a month after he was sent back to Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre. Holder replaced left-hander Stephen Tarpley on the roster after Yankees optioned the reliever following Sunday's game. Holder was 5-2 with a 6.81 with the Yankees in 31 relief appearances before he was optioned following a June 24 outing against the Toronto Blue Jays when he gave up five runs without recording an out. Continue to Article

July 22, 2019 2:30:pm EST

For New York Yankees legend Mariano Rivera, the 2019 Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Sunday marked the culmination of a career that established the longtime closer as one of the most dominant – and highest-earning – players in MLB history. Rivera retired after the 2013 season as a five-time World Series champion and MLB's all-time career saves leader. He also became the first player in history to be unanimously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, with 100 percent of the vote on his first ballot. Continue to Article

July 22, 2019 12:41:pm EST

Legendary New York Yankees closing pitcher Mariano Rivera, the first player unanimously voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, was a fitting closer at the 2019 induction ceremonies on Sunday. The Panamanian capped an emotional day in Cooperstown, New York, where he was inducted along with fellow closing pitcher Lee Smith, starting pitchers Mike Mussina and Roy Halladay and sluggers Edgar Martinez and Harold Baines. Rivera and the late Halladay were the 55th and 56th players to be voted into the hall on their first ballot. Continue to Article

July 21, 2019 9:39:pm EST

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