Yankees fans, spoiled by 27 World Series trophies, might be frustrated by their team’s decade-long drought without adding another title. But consider the plight of Minnesota Twins fans when they learned of their team’s first-round postseason opponent.

The Twins, who last won a World Series in 1991, have been eliminated in five of their six previous recent playoff appearances — in 2003, ’04, ’09, ’10 and ’17 — by the Yankees. In 15 postseason games between the two teams before this year, the Twins had won only twice — the first games of the American League division series in 2003 and 2004.

Although most current players have been part of only a sliver of that history, at most, the Yankees and their star infielder D.J. LeMahieu added to the Twins’ postseason torment with a 10-4 victory in the opening game of their best-of-five division series at Yankee Stadium on Friday.

“The first one is always the biggest game,” Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge said.

In a matchup between the two best home-run hitting teams in major-league history, offense was as plentiful as expected — but only on one side. The Twins sent three balls over the fence, but made several costly mistakes. The Yankees took advantage, and benefited from key hits from two All-Star infielders: Gleyber Torres, who drove in two runs, and LeMahieu, who drove in four. Brett Gardner and LeMahieu also each homered.