Pitchers yelled about balls and strikes, batters yelled about the same thing in reverse and manager John Schneider yelled because everyone else was yelling
While the Jays were yelling about baseball, Minnesota was playing it. This wasn’t a blowout, but it was a comprehensive defeat. From the first inning on, Toronto never looked like it thought it could win it.
The Twins can’t complain about their bad reputation. Until Tuesday, they had famously lost 18 postseason games in a row. The last time Minnesota had won in the playoffs, John Olerud was on the other team’s roster. The Jays pushed out their Cy Young contender, Kevin Gausman. The Twins countered with their own Cy Young hopeful, Pablo López.
Lewis hadn’t played in two weeks. He had a hamstring strain bad enough that there was some question whether or not he should be included on Minnesota’s playoff roster. Out of such small decisions, seasons turn. During his second at-bat of the game, Lewis hardly moved as he watched two textbook splitters dive bomb in on him. Forced back to the fastball, Gausman coughed up a second home run.
The closest Toronto got was within a few feet in the sixth inning. Target Field’s outfield fence in dead centre is 404 feet from home plate. With a couple of men on base, Matt Chapman hit a ball 401 feet. It was caught.
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