Complex sentence: The Twins were on the verge of putting the Yankees down two games to none, heading home, but Twins manager Ron Gardenhire made the already questionable move of leaving closer Joe Nathan in for a third inning of work.
Split into simpler sentences: The Twins were on the verge of putting the Yankees down two games to none, heading home. But Twins manager Ron Gardenhire made the already questionable move of leaving closer Joe Nathan in for a third inning of work.