Yankees' Jasson Dominguez Decision Before Twins Matchup Leaves Fans Upset originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The New York Yankees are slipping behind in the AL East, holding a 64-56 record and six games behind the Toronto Blue Jays heading into their Wednesday matchup against the Minnesota Twins.

Will Warren gave up three hits and two runs in 6 2/3 innings and the Yankees went on to a 6-2 win over the Twins on Monday night.

The start of Wednesday evening's series finale between the Twins and Yankees will be delayed by rain in New York City, the teams announced.

Aaron Boone’s team wasted an opportunity to gain ground on several contenders in the American League playoff chase, getting shut down by All-Star righty Joe Ryan and two relievers in a 4-1 loss Wednesday to deadline-gutted Minnesota at the Stadium after taking the first two games of the series.

Joe Ryan allowed a run and four hits in 6 2/3 innings and the Minnesota Twins beat the Yankees 4-1 on Wednesday night, breaking a nine-game losing streak to New York.

The Yankees lost a game to the Minnesota Twins. Wednesday’s 4-1 defeat marked a rare blip in the Yankees’ two-plus decades of head-to-head dominance. It snapped the Yankees’ nine-game winning streak over Minnesota and dropped their head-to-head record against the Twins to 125-45 since 2002.

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About an hour before the scheduled 7:05 p.m. start at Yankee Stadium, the Yankees announced their game against the Twins would not start on time.

Joe Ryan pitched angry. The Twins played tough. It was a good night, at the end of a strange day in Twins Territory.

The start of their series finale against Minnesota was delayed for 1:52 by rain and by the fifth inning the out-of-town scoreboard showed that AL East leader Toronto and second-place Boston had lost as had the team chasing them for the final AL wild card, Cleveland.

After the Twins' 4-1 victory against the Yankees on Wednesday night, it was revealed that Paul Goldschmidt has a low grade right knee sprain.

After a woeful week of baseball in which the Twins were one-hit by the Yankees on Tuesday and then two-hit by the Tigers on Friday, Minnesota is calling up 28-year-old prospect James Outman with hopes that he'll add some level of acceptable hitting to the lineup.