Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees: Final Score & Recap

The New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins 9-2 on February 26, 2024, at George M. Steinbrenner Field, turning what began as a competitive early contest into a decisive home victory. The DiamondIQ model entered the game with the Yankees holding a 54% win probability, a figure that climbed steadily before closing at 100% by the final out. New York scored in three separate frames — two runs in the third, two more in the fifth, and a decisive five-run seventh — while Minnesota's offense could not sustain the early foothold it briefly established.

The game's most impactful single play came in the bottom of the third, when Juan Soto doubled off Matt Bowman to swing win probability 17.2 points in New York's favor, matching the tone the Yankees would set the rest of the afternoon. In the fifth, Gleyber Torres added a single off Ryan Jensen worth 12.6 percentage points, and Jace Avina followed with a double off the same pitcher that shifted the needle another 10.5 points. Minnesota's best chance to interrupt that momentum came in the top of the sixth, but Anthony Prato grounded into a double play off Cody Morris, a sequence that cost the Twins 10.5 points of win probability and effectively closed the door on any rally.

Among the individual standouts, Soto led all batters with a WPA of plus 16.8 and an RE24 of plus 1.4, while Avina finished at plus 14.4 WPA and plus 1.3 RE24. Elijah Dunham contributed the highest RE24 among position players at plus 1.8, paired with a WPA of plus 10.0. On the mound, Cody Morris was the most valuable Yankees arm by the DiamondIQ model's estimate, posting plus 16.6 WPA, with Cody Poteet adding plus 9.0 in support. Minnesota finished with a team error and fell to nine runs allowed against a Yankees staff that did not commit a single miscue in the field.