After taking their show on the road with a wildly successful West Coast trip, the Yankees’ recent dominance was on display again Tuesday in The Bronx.
There was their newest star, Luis Gil, tossing another six shutout innings, another mammoth home run — this one by Giancarlo Stanton — and another two hits and RBIs by Aaron Judge.
And of course, since the Twins were in town, there was another win, this one 5-1.
Luis Gil didn’t allow a run in six innings in the Yankees’ 5-1 win over the Twins. Corey Sipkin for the NY POSTIt extended the Yankees’ winning streak to six games, one shy of their season high, as they kept pace with the Phillies for the best record in the majors.
They have two more games upcoming against their personal punching bags, the Twins, who they’ve beaten in all four of their matchups this season.
Luis Gil’s impressive stats this season for the Yankees.
“It’s been fun,” Aaron Boone said of his team’s 43-19 start, which only figures to get better following a solid outing by Gerrit Cole in his first rehab start after missing the first months of the season with an elbow injury.
Gil gave up just one hit, as he remains the majors’ hardest starting pitcher to get a hit off.
So when Gleyber Torres hit a solo homer in the second and Judge followed it up an inning later with a two-run double, the outcome already seemed sealed.
The only blemish was a Royce Lewis homer off Tommy Kahnle in the seventh, but Stanton gave the Yankees more breathing room with his 15th home run of the season in the eighth, a two-run blast into the second deck in left.
Stanton called the middle of the Yankees’ lineup “unreal when we click on all cylinders.”
Giancarlo Stanton is greeted by Aaron Judge after his two-run homer in the eighth inning of the Yankees’ win. Corey Sipkin for the NY POSTThen Stanton corrected himself.
“We don’t even have to click on all cylinders,’’ Stanton said. “It’s really putting pressure on every pitcher we face. Sooner or later, we crack them.”
To Stanton’s point, even on a night when Juan Soto didn’t get a hit in the two-hole, he drew a pair of walks in front of Judge.
Boone noted “just the relentless nature” of the offense.
Gleyber Torres is all smiles after belting a solo homer in the second inning of the Yankees’ victory. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST“What Juan and Aaron are doing is really special, but also the supporting cast,’’ Boone said. “[Stanton] has been a threat in the middle all year … and we’ve gotten contributions from the bottom of the order.”
On Tuesday, that came from Torres, who has homered three times in his last 13 games.
It just eluded the reach of a leaping Max Kepler for Torres’ fifth home run on the year.
But it also helps to have “the two monsters in the 2-3 spots,” Boone added.
Left to right: Alex Verdugo, Aaron Judge and Juan Soto celebrate after the Yankees’ win over the Twins. Corey Sipkin for the New York PostIt all came against a Twins team that has played well since a rough first few weeks of the season.
Gil is now 7-0 with a 0.60 ERA in seven starts since May 1, and as Boone pointed out, he held Minnesota scoreless despite not having dominant stuff.
He “only” fanned six Tuesday night, but Gil also held the opposing team to three hits or fewer for the 10th time in 12 starts.
The Twins threatened in the top of the third with a one-out double by Christian Vazquez, who moved to third on a Trevor Larnach groundout.
Gil recovered to get Carlos Correa looking on a 98 mph four-seamer. It was the first of three strikeouts Gil had against the shortstop.
Judge made it 3-0 with a two-run double that he dunked down the right-field line to score DJ LeMahieu and Anthony Volpe.
Kahnle replaced Gil to start the seventh and allowed his first run in five appearances this season.
Ian Hamilton tossed a scoreless eighth before Luke Weaver finished it with a perfect ninth.






