Game One: Twins 6, Brewers 1
WP: Berrios (3-0)
LP: Davies (3-1)
HR: Hiura (2), Sano (3)
Game Two: Brewers 4, Twins 0
WP: Woodruff (2-0)
LP: Odorizzi (2-1)
HR: Cain 2 (5), Yelich (5)
Game Three: Twins 3, Brewers 1 (14 innings)
WP: Littell (1-0)
LP: Guerra (0-1)
Save: Romo (1)
HR: Sano (4), Braun (3)
Game Four: Twins 5, Brewers 3
WP: Duffey (1-0)
LP: Hader (0-1)
Save: Rogers (3)
HR: Garver (2), Buxton (1), Yelich (6)
Game Five: Brewers 5, Twins 4
WP: G Gonzalez (1-2)
LP: Berrios (3-1)
Save: Guerra (2)
HR: Yelich (7), Garver (3), Polanco (2), Thames (3), Aguliar (1)
Game Six: Twins 5, Brewers 4 (11 innings)
WP: Harper (1-0)
LP: Hader (0-2)
HR: Cruz (4), Grandal (3), Thames (4), Kepler (2)
The Twins twice came back to beat the vaunted Josh Hader and three times scored their winning runs in their final at-bats.
Game One, in Target Field, didn't sport any of those dramatics. Miguel Sano put the Twins ahead with a two-run homer in the second inning, and Jose Berrios retired the final 16 men he faced in seven scoreless innings. Eddie Rosario had three singles and scored twice, and Mitch Garver singled in two runs.
Brandon Woodruff threw a five-hit shutout and retired the final 14 men he faced in Game Two to even the series. Lorenzo Cain homered twice, in the second inning off Jake Odorizzi, and again in the sixth off Martin Perez.
The drama started in Game Three. Sano homered in the second again -- and sustained an injury in the fourth that took him out of the rest of the series. Michael Pineda turned that 1-0 lead over to the bullpen in the seventh, but Ryan Braun homered in the eighth off Taylor Rogers to even the score. The tie held into the 14th inning, when Ehrie Adrianza belted a two-run triple off Alex Claudio. The two runs were charged to Junior Guerra, who had started the inning by walking Luis Arraez and allowing a single to Jorge Polanco.
The Twins trailed in Game Four 3-2 after Christian Yelich homered off Perez. Hader took the mound for the top of the ninth and immediately gave up a homer to Byron Buxton to tie the score. One out later, Max Kepler walked, and after Polanco fanned, Garver homered for a 5-3 lead. Rogers worked a perfect bottom of the ninth, and the Twins had a 3-1 series lead.
Milwaukee staved off elimination with a 5-4 win in Game Five. Jesus Aguliar homered off Berrios to break a 3-3 tie in the seventh, and the Brewers used three relievers to get through the ninth -- Willy Peralta, Drew Pomeranz and Guerra for the final out with one run in and the tying run in scoring position.
The Twins led Game Six 3-0 going into the eighth, but Trevor May committed an error and, with two out, gave up a tying homer to Yasmani Grandal -- all three runs unearned. Hader entered in the 10th with men on the corners and no outs; after intentionally walking Buxton, he got a 1-2-3 double play from Marwin Gonzalez and struck out Adrianza to escape the threat. Ryne Harper, working his second inning, gave up a homer to Marcus Thames in the top of the 11th. Hader walked Garver to open the bottom of the inning before striking out Kepler and popping up Polanco. But that brought up Nelson Cruz, and the DH homered to saddle Hader with another loss -- and clinch the series for Minnesota.
Player availability: Harper should not work more than one inning in the opener.
Projected rotation: Berrios-Pineda-Odorizzi-Gibson or Perez-(Berrios)-(Pineda)-(Odorizzi)
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