Minnesota Twins postseason nightmare is real
By Ben Fadden
The Minnesota Twins have lost 15 straight postseason games, and their nightmare just keeps going.
“Uber! Uber! Uber!”
Those were the chants coming from the right-field stands at Yankee Stadium after Minnesota Twins manager Rocco Baldelli took out Uber Driver Randy Dobnak with the bases loaded.
Didi Gregorius would later hit a grand slam to make it a 7-0 game.
That is how the Twins postseason games have gone for years.
But their nightmare is going to end in a few days, not because they are going to win but because their season is going to be over. They can start looking towards 2020 because the Yankees are just too deep for them to deal with.
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Luis Severino, who would be their ace, is starting Game 3 after he just came back in September.
The Yankees could have the deepest lineup in the league, as Game 2 hero Didi Gregorius was their #8 hitter. And that 8 hitter knows how to make adjustments, which sometimes leads to the dismantling of the Twins.
“Just thinking back to my at-bats that I had against him [Friday], and after I had two strikes, he threw me that fastball, so I was prepared for it this time after he threw me the curveball in the dirt,” Gregorius said after their Game 2 win. “I was ready for it this time, so that’s why my reaction was like that.”
If the Minnesota Twins want to win a game in the series, they are going to need the offense to step it up and the Yankees offense to quiet down.
At least Baldelli feels confident in his squad even up against a juggernaut like the Bronx Bombers.
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“Well, one thing I feel good about is our guys know we can turn it around,” Baldelli said. “We’ve had a few spurts this year, like every team over a long season, where you’re not playing as well as you want. And our guys simply carry on with their routine, with the way they show up to the field, with everything that they do, with everything that they say. “