NEW YORK -- The Yankees showed on Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium what made them the most dominant team in Major League Baseball this season.
The Bombers defeated the Twins, 7-2, with great pitching, aggressive baserunning and two-run homers from Derek Jeter and Hideki Matsui to take a 1-0 lead in their American League Division Series that continues with Game 2 on TBS at 6:07 ET on Friday evening.
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And there's no doubt that if the Yankees keep clicking like this on all cylinders, they will make short work of the Twins in this best-of-five series. A.J. Burnett is slated to start for New York against Minnesota's Nick Blackburn in a matchup of right-handers.
"Everyone in their lineup is an All-Star," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said after Wednesday night's game. "One thing we've learned is, the more mistakes you make, the guys you walk, the more opportunities you give them to put up crooked numbers ... so you try to stay away from those things. But it's almost impossible to start picking and choosing who you want to walk to get to anyone in their lineup, because they can all hit. We know that."
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