Overview

• Aaron Boone removed starter Cam Schlitter after five innings and 86 pitches despite one run allowed and six strikeouts
• Yerry De Los Santos, who had pitched the previous day, entered in the sixth and surrendered three runs without recording an out
• Mark Leiter Jr. followed and yielded an additional run, sealing a 4-1 defeat that ended the Twins’ nine-game skid against New York
• Boone disclosed that Paul Goldschmidt is managing a knee injury that prevented a key late-game pinch-hit
• Michael Kay and Chris Russo publicly questioned Boone’s bullpen management and leadership with the Yankees locked in a tight wild-card race