Minnesota Twins vs New York Yankees — Mar 5, 2026 | AI Prediction & Stats
Minnesota Twins
2-4
Finished
15
:
0
New York Yankees
5-1
Scoreboard
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Twins
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | - | - | 15 | 16 | 0 |
|
Yankees
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 1 |
AI PREDICTIONNeural Network Forecast
AI| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Twins
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
|
Yankees
|
1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
The Yankees arrive with all the momentum a club could want—five straight wins, a potent attack led by Judge and Soto, and ace Gerrit Cole lined up for his final tune-up before the regular season. Cole’s four-seam/slider mix should neutralize Minnesota’s top right-handed bats early, and New York’s league-best defense will erase the Twins’ occasional traffic on the bases. On the other side, Minnesota counters with Pablo López, who has struggled to keep the ball in the park against this lineup; the short right-field porch looms large again.
Expect the Yankees to strike quickly, capitalizing on López’s first-inning fastball command for a 1-0 lead, then add two more in the third when Soto works a deep count and Stanton punishes a hanging changeup. The Twins scrape across single runs in the fourth, sixth, and eighth—Buxton’s speed manufactures one, Correa lifts a sacrifice fly, and a late-inning rally against the middle of New York’s bullpen plates another. But New York’s depth proves decisive: a Judge opposite-field homer in the fifth, Volpe’s RBI single in the seventh, and a two-run insurance blast from Rizzo in the eighth push the margin to a comfortable 7-3.
With a rested back-end relief trio (Holmes, Ferguson, and Kahnle) ready to close it out, the Yankees’ superior roster balance, recent form, and home-field edge spell another decisive victory over the rebuilding Twins.
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Season Comparison
Twins
STAT
Yankees
2-4
Record
5-1
33.3%
Win %
83.3%
.333
PCT
.833
26
Runs For
24
28
Runs Against
6
6
Games Played
6
WLLLW
Form
WWLWW
Head to Head
2
3
Feb 27
Yankees
17 - 5
Twins
Sep 17
Yankees
10 - 5
Twins
Sep 16
Yankees
10 - 9
Twins
Sep 15
Yankees
0 - 7
Twins
Aug 13
Twins
4 - 1
Yankees
Twins Recent
Apr 2
@ Royals
5-1
W
Apr 1
@ Royals
9-13
L
Mar 30
@ Royals
1-3
L
Mar 29
@ Orioles
6-8
L
Mar 28
@ Orioles
4-1
W
Yankees Recent
Apr 1
@ Mariners
5-3
W
Apr 1
@ Mariners
5-0
W
Mar 31
@ Mariners
1-2
L
Mar 28
@ Giants
3-1
W
Mar 27
@ Giants
3-0
W
Lineups
AWAY ROSTER
Josh Bell
AVG-
HR1
RBI4
OBP-
H3
AB15
Kody Clemens
AVG-
HR0
RBI1
OBP-
H1
AB9
Luke Keaschall
AVG-
HR0
RBI3
OBP-
H3
AB19
Brooks Lee
AVG-
HR0
RBI1
OBP-
H2
AB13
Royce Lewis
AVG-
HR2
RBI3
OBP-
H3
AB15
Tristan Gray
AVG-
HR0
RBI3
OBP-
H3
AB5
Ryan Jeffers
AVG-
HR0
RBI0
OBP-
H3
AB14
Victor Caratini
AVG-
HR0
RBI1
OBP-
H4
AB15
Austin Martin
AVG-
HR0
RBI2
OBP-
H3
AB8
Byron Buxton
AVG-
HR0
RBI0
OBP-
H4
AB20
James Outman
AVG-
HR0
RBI0
OBP-
H0
AB4
Anthony Banda
ERA0.00
W-L1-0
SO3
Bailey Ober
ERA6.75
W-L0-0
SO1
Cody Laweryson
ERA20.26
W-L0-0
SO2
Cole Sands
ERA0.00
W-L0-0
SO2
Eric Orze
ERA0.00
W-L0-0
SO0
Joe Ryan
ERA4.82
W-L0-1
SO10
Justin Topa
ERA3.37
W-L0-0
SO2
Kody Funderburk
ERA6.75
W-L0-1
SO5
Mick Abel
ERA13.50
W-L0-1
SO4
Simeon Woods Richardson
ERA3.60
W-L0-1
SO2
Taj Bradley
ERA2.08
W-L0-0
SO9
Taylor Rogers
ERA0.00
W-L0-0
SO2
Zak Kent
ERA5.40
W-L0-0
SO2
Matt Wallner
AVG-
HR1
RBI1
OBP-
H3
AB19
Trevor Larnach
AVG-
HR0
RBI1
OBP-
H2
AB6
HOME ROSTER
Ben Rice
AVG-
HR1
RBI5
OBP-
H7
AB17
Paul Goldschmidt
AVG-
HR1
RBI3
OBP-
H2
AB9
Jazz Chisholm Jr.
AVG-
HR0
RBI1
OBP-
H4
AB23
Amed Rosario
AVG-
HR0
RBI1
OBP-
H1
AB6
Ryan McMahon
AVG-
HR0
RBI2
OBP-
H1
AB15
Austin Wells
AVG-
HR0
RBI0
OBP-
H3
AB16
J.C. Escarra
AVG-
HR0
RBI0
OBP-
H0
AB4
Trent Grisham
AVG-
HR0
RBI2
OBP-
H4
AB20
Giancarlo Stanton
AVG-
HR1
RBI4
OBP-
H10
AB20
Cody Bellinger
AVG-
HR0
RBI0
OBP-
H6
AB21
Brent Headrick
ERA0.00
W-L0-0
SO5
Cade Winquest
ERA-
W-L---
SO-
Cam Schlittler
ERA0.00
W-L2-0
SO15
Camilo Doval
ERA6.00
W-L0-0
SO4
David Bednar
ERA2.70
W-L0-0
SO2
Fernando Cruz
ERA0.00
W-L0-0
SO3
Jake Bird
ERA0.00
W-L1-0
SO3
Max Fried
ERA0.00
W-L2-0
SO10
Paul Blackburn
ERA6.75
W-L0-1
SO0
Ryan Weathers
ERA2.08
W-L0-0
SO7
Ryan Yarbrough
ERA-
W-L---
SO-
Tim Hill
ERA0.00
W-L0-0
SO3
Will Warren
ERA2.08
W-L0-0
SO3
Aaron Judge
AVG-
HR2
RBI3
OBP-
H3
AB24
Randal Grichuk
AVG-
HR0
RBI0
OBP-
H0
AB2
José Caballero
AVG-
HR0
RBI1
OBP-
H4
AB21
