MINNEAPOLIS — The Yankees finished a 12-game gauntlet against playoff contenders late Sunday night and then flew here to face what has been their perennial punching bag, even when they have not been one of the worst teams in the league.

Classic trap game.

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Whether or not the Yankees were feeling an emotional and/or physical letdown, they played like it as they mustered just two hits and their bullpen blew open another game late in a 7-0 loss to the Twins on Monday night at Target Field.

The dud inched the Yankees (83-67) closer to bowing out of the division race, now trailing the Blue Jays (wh

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