The Twins broke their 0 for 18 playoff drought and won their first playoff series in 21 years as the Wolves look to break their own playoff series drought of their own next season.
Texas, Minnesota, Arizona and Philadelphia finished off postseason sweeps Wednesday as all four best-of-three Wild Card series ended in two games. A pair of road teams advanced — the Rangers and Diamondbacks — while the Twins and Phillies won at home. That makes seven sweeps in eight Wild Card Series during the first two years of expanded playoffs. All four best-of-five Division Series begin Saturday. In the American League, Texas will play AL East champion Baltimore, and Minnesota faces defending World Series champion Houston. In the National League, the Diamondbacks take on the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the defending NL champion Phillies head to Atlanta for a playoff rematch with the Braves, who had the best record in baseball this year.
1987 - Gary Gaetti stepped up and smashed two homers to get us going against the favored AL East Detroit Tigers. Lays claim to ALCS MVP. 2023 - Royce Lewis drives in all three Twins RBI with his pair of roundtrippers vs. the (slightly) favored AL East Toronto Blue Jays. Fans choice for MVP, if aw.