By Manuel Acevedo
03 Oct 2023, 23:59 PM EDT
This October 3, the Minnesota Twins They ended the 19-year streak without winning in the postseason of the Major League Baseball (MLB) after defeating three races to one Toronto Blue Jays in Game 1 of the Wild Card Series. Venezuelan Pablo López was a fundamental piece, being the starting pitcher of the match for the Twins.
The Minnesota team sent right-handed pitcher Pablo López to the mound to face the powerful Toronto Blue Jays offense. The native Cabimas (Venezuela) responded in a phenomenal way to the throw 5.2 innings of work, allow five hits, strike out three batters, walk 2 and allow 1 earned run.
Twins third baseman Royce Lewis was in charge of guiding his team’s offense by going with the bat 3-2 with two home runs and three RBIs. Good defense also played an important role in this commitment, which caused the balance to tip in favor of the champions of the American League Central Division. Lewis’ first home run came during the first inning against the starter of Toronto Kevin Gausman.
These actions were more than enough for the team, which lives in the city of Minneapolis, to win on the scoreboard.
“It was a blessing to play today. That atmosphere was full of energy,” said Lewis, who hit a two-run hit causing madness at Target Field, according to the MLB website.
The MLB indicated that Lewis has accumulated five grand slam in 70 games during his career, and could lead Minnesota to a positive postseason streak instead of the habit of winning the division pennant and being eliminated at the first opportunity.
With this victory, the team that lives in the state of Minnesota managed to end a 19-year streak without winning a game in the postseason of the Big leagues.
The last time the Twins team won in a game of Playoffs It was in 2004, when they defeated the New York Yankees. In that opportunity, Venezuelan Johan Santana He was in charge of opening that game when he pitched for seven scoreless innings.
The favorites to win this series of Wild Card are the Toronto Blue Jaysbut with this defeat the Twins hit the table for the remainder of this cycle.
American pitcher Sonny Gray is scheduled to be the opener of the Minnesota Twins for the commitment of this October 4th and on the side of Toronto Blue Jays José Berríos will be in charge. It is expected that this series will end with the performances of both the starting pitchers and the relievers.
The Twins They will have home field advantage tomorrow to try to advance to the American League Championship Series against the Houston Astros.
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