Yankees' Jasson Dominguez Decision Before Twins Matchup Leaves Fans Upset originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The New York Yankees are slipping behind in the AL East, holding a 64-56 record and six games behind the Toronto Blue Jays heading into their Wednesday matchup against the Minnesota Twins.

Are the Twins the Yankees' personal punching bag? The results say they are on most nights, but they weren't Tuesday night thanks to Joe Ryan delivering a gem.

In front of more than 44,000 fans, under the bright lights at Yankee Stadium, Ryan featured some of his best stuff. In the first inning, he touched 97.7 miles per hour, the fastest pitch of his career. He finished that at-bat by striking out three-time MVP Aaron Judge.

Aaron Boone’s 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 loss Wednesday to deadline-gutted Minnesota at the Stadium after taking the first two games of the series.

The start of Wednesday evening's series finale between the Twins and Yankees will be delayed by rain in New York City, the teams announced.

About an hour before the scheduled 7:05 p.m. start at Yankee Stadium, the Yankees announced their game against the Twins would not start on time.

The start of their series finale against Minnesota was delayed for 1:52 by rain and by the fifth inning the out-of-town scoreboard showed that AL East leader Toronto and second-place Boston had lost as had the team chasing them for the final AL wild card, Cleveland.

Joe Ryan allowed a run and four hits in 6 2/3 innings and the Minnesota Twins beat the Yankees 4-1 on Wednesday night, breaking a nine-game losing streak to New York.

The Yankees lost a game to the Minnesota Twins. Wednesday’s 4-1 defeat marked a rare blip in the Yankees’ two-plus decades of head-to-head dominance. It snapped the Yankees’ nine-game winning streak over Minnesota and dropped their head-to-head record against the Twins to 125-45 since 2002.

Roger Clemens has been watching his son Kody with the Minnesota Twins but he played rogue agent against the New York Yankees this week.