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MinnesotaвЂ™s Luis Arraez, Byron Buxton and Correa became the seventh trio of teammates to open a game with three straight home runs, starting a barrage against Cole. Judge scored on Anthony RizzoвЂ™s single for an 8-7 lead, Hicks singled in a run later in the inning and Jovani Moran threw a run-scoring wild pitch in the eighth that bounced past former Yankees catcher Gary SГЎnchez.

Gallo hit a two-run homer in the second off Dylan Bundy and combined with LeMahieu for back-to-back homers in the fifth for his seventhg multihomer game since 2001.ДЄaron Judge led off the seventh with a double against Jhoan Duran (0-2) that hit the top of the wall. Holmes lowered his ERA to 0.33, got his ninth save in nine chances and extended his scoreless streak to 27 innings, the Yankees' longest since Mariano Rivera finished the 1999 season with 30 2/3 innings Lucas Luetge, Miguel Castro (3-0), Wandy Peralta, Michael King and Clay Holmes combined for 6 2/3 innings of scoreless, one-hit relief. вЂњBoy that was tough, just really poor execution and just not great stuff and never really found a way to try to make it any better.вЂќ 'Stuff was just over the middle of the plate, pitch after pitch,вЂќ Cole said. He allowed seven runs and eight hits, his ERA rising from 2.78 to 3.63. WeвЂ™re a team that can score a lot of runs.вЂќДЇive of MinnesotaвЂ™s first 16 batters homered off Cole, who had never before allowed more than three in a game. 'We have a lot of veteran guys that are in this lineup that understand that youвЂ™ve got to keep pushing throughout the whole game. вЂњWith this team, weвЂ™re never out of a game, especially that early in the game,' Hicks said after his first home run since April 12. The Yankees' 41-16 record tops the major leagues.

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New York improved to 14-2-2 in series and became just the second team to win after allowing home runs to the opposition's first three batters.

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