Acce s the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. Even the Yankees long-standing dominance of the Twins is not boundle s. Aaron Boones 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 lo s Wednesday to deadline-gutted Minnesota at the Stadium after taking the first two games of the series. The start was delayed by nearly two hours by heavy rain, and the Yankees could not take advantage of lo ses by the Blue Jays, Red Sox, Guardians and Rangers. Yerry De los Santos heads back to the mound after giving up a two-run hit to Kody Clemens on Aug. 13, 2025. Robert Sabo / New York Post I Alize Johnson Jersey mean, when you lose, it sucks, Boone said. Its all on us right now. We gotta go play well. Nothing you can do about all that. We see it all, but its like if we want to catch those teams in theory or we want to get where we want to go, we gotta play well over an extended period. So I dont think we look at it like that. With their first lo s to the Twins in their past 10 head-to-head meetings, the Yankees (64-57) slipped 1 / games behind Boston for the second AL wild-card spot and remained one game ahead of Cleveland for the final playoff spot. Explore More The Yankees, who will open a five-game road trip Friday in St. Louis, still own an overall winning percentage of .735 (125-45) against the Twins since 2002. Rookie righty Cam Schlittler completed at least five innings for the fifth time in six major league starts, allowing one run on two hits with two walks and six strikeouts before Boone replaced him in a 1-1 game with Yerry De los Santos after 86 pitches to start the sixth. A frustrated Giancarlo Stanton walks back to the dugout after striking out in the sixth inning of the Yankees lo s to the Twins. Robert Sabo / New York Post De los Santos faced three batters and gave up three hits, with all three runners scoring in the inning. The 24-year-old Schlittler retired the first nine batters he faced on just 34 pitches through three innings, including three consecutive strikeouts bridging the latter two frames. The Yankees opened the scoring against Ryan (12-5) in the third on a two-out solo home run by Cody Bellinger, his second blast of the series and 22nd of the season. But that was their lone run against Ryan before he departed with two outs in the seventh. Cody Bellinger belts a solo homer in the third inning of the Yankees lo s to the Twins. Robert Sabo / New York Post He definitely settled in, Bellinger said. He was locating really well today. Ultimately, he did a really good job of pitching today. CHECK OUT THE AND Giancarlo Stanton, who started his third straight game in right field, nearly took Ryan deep in the first on a scorched ball that was hauled in at the center field wall by Byron Buxton. Starting with a great fastball, unique slot, kind of that low [angle]. So that really plays up, strike-thrower, so hes gonna make you earn it, Boone said of Ryan before the game. Couple of good secondary offerings, but it starts with the fastball thats very unique. And if youre gonna have succe s, you gotta get to it a little bit. Minnesota starter Joe Ryan, who pitched into the seventh inning, held the Yankees to one run. AP The Twins had their first base runner against Schlittler on a leadoff walk to Trevor Larnach in the fourth and their first hit when Buxton followed with a double into the left field corner after a 10-pitch at-bat. An infield out by Luke Keaschall evened the score, but Buxton was stranded at third by Schlittler on a strikeout of Kody Clemens and a pop-up by Matt Wallner. Ryan struck out Stanton, Ben Rice, Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Anthony Volpe in succe sion following Bellingers blast. Go beyond the box score with the Bombers Sign up for Inside the Yankees by Greg Joyce, exclusively on Sports+. Thank you By clicking above you agree to the and . Enjoy this Post Sports+ exclusive newsletter! The 1-1 knot remained until the Twins plated three runs against De los Santos in the sixth on two infield singles and a two-run double by Clemens, the son of former Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens. Royce Lewis made it 4-1 with a two-out RBI double against Mark Leiter Jr. He got some weak contact there, Boone said, but then got into a deep count there with Clemens, who obviously changed the game. Domantas Sabonis Jersey