Yankees Rally to Victory

Gary Sheffield homered twice and keyed a four-run rally in the ninth inning Thursday night at Minneapolis, sending the New York Yankees to a seesaw, 13-10 win over the Twins.

Twin closer Joe Nathan, who hadn’t given up a run in 29 innings, got Derek Jeter to ground out leading off the ninth with Minnesota clinging to a 10-9 lead. His next pitch was a low fastball to Sheffield, who drove it into the left-center seats.

“It was a good pitch,” Sheffield said. “It was just a situation where I was trying to be aggressive.”

Down, 9-3, and minus Gold Glove center fielder Torii Hunter after he crashed into the fence, the Twins came back and almost swept the three-game series between AL division leaders.

Hunter strained his neck when he ran into the padded wall while sprinting after Jorge Posada’s double in the fifth. His status is day to day.

Detroit 8, Chicago 4 -- Bobby Higginson homered twice and Wilfredo Ledezma pitched six effective innings for the Tigers at Chicago.

Seattle at Kansas City, rain -- The game was postponed by rain and will be made up as a doubleheader on Aug. 28 at Seattle because the Mariners are not scheduled to return to Kansas City this season.