The Minnesota Twins won’t be going to the postseason this season, but over the next week and a half, they sure could have a big say in who does.

The Twins kicked off a series with the New York Yankees on Monday night at Target Field. They’ll follow that up with a four-game set against the Cleveland Guardians before heading to Texas to play the Rangers for three. All three teams are fighting for a wild card berth. And on Monday, in their first chance to play spoiler, the Twins beat the Yankees 7-0 behind one of the best starts of Simeon Woods Richardson’s career.

“They’re in playoff contention, like everybody knows. We’re the road block,” Woods Richardson said. “You’ve still got to go through us.”

There was no going through Woods Richardson on Monday.

In his six shutout innings, he reco

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