Minnesota Twins relief pitcher Jose Mijares, right, watches as the New York Yankees’ Mark Teixeira celebrates his walk-off home run in the 11th inning Friday in New York.

New York ? Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez stood together as Yankee Stadium roared.

Teixeira had the chills. Rodriguez had a smile that said it all — a satisfied look after putting years of postseason failure behind him.

“I don’t think there’s anything better in sports,” Teixeira said. “Best place to play in the world.”

Teixeira hit a leadoff drive in the 11th inning to give New York a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night and a 2-0 lead in their AL playoff series. Game 2 was full of missed chances, plus a big miss by an umpire.

Rodriguez hit a tying, two-run homer off Joe Nathan in the ninth after a leadoff single by Teixeira.

Before this series, the enigmatic slugger was hitless in his previous 18 playoff at-bats with runners in scoring position.

Minnesota was hurt by a blown call by left-field umpire Phil Cuzzi in the top of the 11th. Joe Mauer started the inning with a drive down the line that appeared to go off Melky Cabrera’s glove before clearly landing about a foot inside the line and bouncing into the stands.

Cuzzi said it was foul, and Mauer ended up with a single when he should have had a ground-rule double.