Jeter jump-starts Yankees with homer, sharp play at short in delayed 1-0 win over Twins

Jeter jump-starts Yankees in 1-0 win over Twins

MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Jeter homered and made a highlight-reel play at shortstop in the sixth inning to lift the New York Yankees to a 1-0 victory Wednesday over the Minnesota Twins in the completion of a game halted by rain the night before.

The Yankees and Twins had to push the pause button Tuesday after a thunderstorm forced an 83-minute delay and then suspension of a scoreless game after the fifth.

Their regularly scheduled matchup was still on tap for Wednesday night, about a half-hour after completion of this pitching duel started by A.J. Burnett and Scott Baker the previous night and picked up by the bullpens for both teams in the late-afternoon sun.

Let’s play 1½? Well, this wasn’t exactly what Ernie Banks had in mind.