Twins handed them the game with their ineptitude.
Bases loaded, no outs, and Twins managed not to score.
That’s hard to do.
Robertson was the right pitcher for that situation. His fastballs come in low. Nothing was up. Just low fastballs on the corners. That was the key. And steady D from the Yankee infield.
“Bases loaded, no outs, and Twins managed not to score.
That’s hard to do.”
It’s surprisingly easy to do. In general it happens about 20% of the time.
Current day baseball teams seem to have forgotten how to bunt. Anything resembling a decent bunt by Damon would have scored Gardner with the winning run in the 10th inning. Instead he hit a line drive into a double play and ended the inning. What is the point of swinging away with one out and the fastest man in the league on third base?