Yankees blast four home runs to beat Twins, 6-2

The Yankees bounced back after dropping their third series in a row over the weekend by beating the Minnesota Twins on Monday night, 6-2.

Here are the takeaways…

-All or nothing seemed to be the biggest theme in this one with five different players hitting five solo homers. Cody Bellinger got things started by hitting his 21st bomb of the season in the bottom of the first inning. The solo shot off Zebby Matthews was the first hit of the game and gave New York a 1-0 lead.

Matthews would allow two more home runs in his 5.2 innings of work — back-to-back solo shots by Giancarlo Stanton and Ben Rice in the third. Stanton lifted his 11th of the season on the first pitch he saw while Rice crushed his 17th of the year on a 2-2 slider and sent it 415 feet to right field.

When Matthews wasn't letting up long balls, though, he was striking out New York's hitters, finishing with nine strikeouts to match his career high. His night was over after issuing his first walk of the game and throwing 99 pitches (68 strikes).

-On the other side was Will Warren who had a similar performance as Matthews. Like Matthews, Warren's night mostly consisted of strikeouts or solo home runs. To his credit, the rookie right-hander was slightly better than his competition and only allowed two solo shots — one to Byron Buxton in the sixth and another to Trevor Larnach in the seventh — in 6.2 innings. He also struck out seven while walking none on 85 pitches (60 strikes).

Warren left the game with a 3-2 lead and his outing was good enough to secure his seventh win of the season (7-5). It was also the fourth straight start where he's allowed two earned runs or fewer.

The offense relied less on the long ball in the bottom half of the seventh and strung together three hits and a walk against reliever Brooks Kriske, who got the final out of the sixth, to start the frame which resulted in two more runs. Ryan McMahon doubled to lead things off, Anthony Volpe walked (after a wild pitch advanced McMahon to third) followed by Trent Grisham and Aaron Judge singling them home.

–Jazz Chisholm Jr. ended the scoring with a bang by smacking another solo shot to lead off the eighth inning. It was the Bronx Bombers' fourth home run of the game and Chisholm's 20th of the season.

-The Yanks finished with 10 hits on the night with every player in the starting lineup besides Paul Goldschmidt getting at least one hit. Stanton and Rice each had two hits.

-Following Warren, Luke Weaver and David Bednar combined for 2.1 perfect innings while striking out four.

-Both teams combined for six home runs and 23 strikeouts.

Game MVP: Will Warren

The righty turned in another quality start and is pitching the best he has all season.

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What's next

The Yankees continue their series with the Twins on Tuesday night. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

LHP Carlos Rodón (11-7, 3.35 ERA) will go for New York while Minnesota has yet to announce a starter.

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