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Twins swept by Houston. 'It seemed like we played into their trap'
The most bizarre season in baseball history ended in the most familiar way possible for the Twins on Wednesday: A meek loss and another unceremonious sweep.
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Correa taunts Astros haters: 'What are they going to say now?'
While Byron Buxton was mostly absent Wednesday, his draft classmate was busy showing why he went first overall in 2012.
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Rosario ejected, Berrios exits early as frustration fills Twins' day
There was passion, frustration and reflection from the Twins on a day their season came to an end.
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Souhan: Quick hook for starters leads to quick exit from playoffs
Do not let the oddities of this short, strange season distract you from the fact this was the most embarrassing loss of the Twins' record-breaking postseason losing streak.
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Buxton sits to start Game 2, gets picked off as pinch runner
Byron Buxton's 2020 season began with him out of the lineup because of a mid-foot sprain and interrupted by a left shoulder strain. It didn't end very well, either.
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Hartman: Twins run into familiar end to unfamiliar season
Despite their playoff loss, the Twins did well to navigate in a pandemic and win the AL Central.
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Lost causes: Longest postseason losing streaks among major North American sports teams
The Twins have the unpleasant distinction of being alone at the top.
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Twins-Houston Game 2 recap
A look back at Wednesday's game.
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Watch the replay: Twins playoff postgame show on StribSports Live
Michael Rand broke down the Game 2 loss to the Astros and talked about all the things that went wrong during another Twins playoff failure.
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Watch: Twins playoff postgame show on StribSports Live
Michael Rand and his guests broke down the latest Twins' breakdown in their 4-1 loss to Houston in Game 1. Watch it here.
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Buxton on bench for Game 2; Kirilloff to make major league debut in right field
In the Twins' most important game of the season, Alex Kirilloff will start in right field and hit sixth against the Astros in Game 2 of thea best-of-three Wild Card series.
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Reusse: One word describes Twins' Game 1 bullpen decisions: Brutal
Twins manager Rocco Baldelli used his bullpen as if playing in mid-August with a sub-.500 team in a full season instead of the opener of a best-of-three elimination series.
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A look at the two fielding plays that doomed the Twins
In a Twins universe where postseason catastrophe isn't an everyday occurrence, those plays are unremarkable, those innings are over, and the Twins jog off the field.
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Ninth-inning meltdown, absent offense drops Twins to Game 1 loss
The Twins have dropped 17 consecutive postseason games, giving them the longest playoff losing streak in major North American sports history. The one happened because of failures in all aspects of the game.
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Game 2 guide: Twins-Astros statistics, TV/radio info, rosters and more
The Twins postseason will be over by sundown if they don't defeat Houston in today's playoff game, which starts at noon. Tap here for a guide to Game 2 against the Astros.
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Souhan: Playoff pressure continues causing offense to disappear
In dropping yet another postseason game, the Twins showed once again that the stage lights are too bright for their wide eyes when the games matter most.
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Astros starter-turned-reliever Valdez shuts down Twins for five innings
Framber Valdez throws five shutout innings, giving the Astros time to overtake the Twins in Game 1 on Tuesday.
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Twins fall 4-1 to Astros in Game 1 of AL wild-card series
Two costly fielding plays led to three Houston runs in the ninth inning at Target Field on Tuesday as the Twins suffered their 17th consecutive playoff loss.
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Twins-Houston Game 1 recap
The Astros' Framber Valdez pitched five shutout innings, giving up only two hits in his postseason debut. He's the first reliever to pitch five shutout innings since Madison Bumgarner did it for the Giants in Game 7 of the 2014 World Series.
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Twins cautious with Donaldson, so he's not on wild-card series roster
Jettisoning Donaldson from the 28-man roster meant Marwin Gonzalez would play third base against the Astros, and the Twins added the pinch-hit bat Baldelli craved by promoting 2016 first-round pick Alex Kirilloff from their taxi squad.
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