October magic is back in The Bronx — and Yankees fans were going wild last night.
“It was the best night of my life,” said Brody Braunelker, 18, who was among the 50,000 Bombers faithful who witnessed the team’s astounding 4-3 come-from-behind victory over the Minnesota Twins in Game 2 of the American League Division Series.
“I thought we were finished,” he added. “And when we came back, I freaked out. I started screaming and high-fiving random strangers. It was a surreal night.”
The Yanks took a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series after Mark Teixeira hit a walk-off homer in an 11-inning nail-biter.
“I don’t know how they did it, but they did it,” said Calvin Preson, 50, an accountant from Brooklyn who watched the game from the ESPN Zone in Times Square.
“They’re gonna win the World Series. It’s destiny!”
The game also featured the emergence of Alex Rodriguez as a postseason force.
As his girlfriend, Kate Hudson, looked on, A-Rod walloped a game-tying two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth.
The clutch blast began the Yanks’ late-game dramatics and led to the team’s 15th “walk-off” victory of the season.
Jen Salke of East Patchogue, LI, who watched the game at the Stadium, couldn’t have been more excited.
“A-Rod hitting that home run was better than sex,” she said. “Teixeira’s home run was orgasmic.
“I’m not even kidding, my glasses flew off my face.”
The game that ended with home-run power began as a pitcher’s duel as Yankee starter A.J. Burnett and Twins hurler Nick Blackburn racked up scoreless innings until the fifth when the Twins drew first blood on an RBI triple by Brendan Harris.
“It was absolutely amazing,” said Erika Cremona, 26, of Long Island, who was at the Stadium. “It was as though everyone became friends with every home run.”
“As soon as [Teixeira] hit that second home run, people who didn’t even know each other were hugging,” said Etoya Allen, 23, of Manhattan. “Everyone united and became a Yankees fan.”
The Yankees will try to sweep the series tomorrow in Minneapolis and advance to the AL Championship Series.
Fans are already smelling a World Series title — which would be the 27th in the storied franchise’s history.
“I’m going hoarse from screaming so loud,” said Lewis Spencer, 38. “They are going to go all the way!”