Great Lakes bracket: 2019 Twins defeat 2009 Blue Jays in six games

Game One: Blue Jays 9, Twins 7
WP: League (1-0)
LP: Perez (0-2)
Save: Frasor (2)
HR: Arraez (1), Adrianza (1), Overbay (5)

Game Two: Twins 6, Blue Jays 2 (11 innings)
WP: Rogers (1-0)
LP: Janssen (0-1)
HR: Polanco (3), Barajas (4)

Game Three: Twins 6, Blue Jays 3
WP: Odorizzi (3-1)
LP: Richmond (1-2)
HR: Kepler (3), Cruz (5), Overbay (6), Encarncion 2 (4), Adrianaza (2)

Game Four: Twins 9, Blue Jays 4
WP: Gibson (2-0)
LP: Tallet (1-3)
HR: Hill (4), Polanco (4)

Game Five: Blue Jays 5, Twins 2 (15 innings)
WP: Camp (2-0)
LP: Duffey (1-1)
HR: Lind (6), Snider (2)

Game Six: Twins 9, Blue Jays 1
WP: Pineda (3-0)
LP: Romero (2-1)
HR: Garver (4), Kepler (4)

The Jays almost matched the Bomba squad in homers but couldn't keep up in total runs; the Twins scored 15 more in the six games.

Game One in Target Field set the high-scoring tone. The visiting Blue Jays scored four unearned runs over the final two innings as Miguel Sano committed a pair of errors at first base behind Sergio Romo and loser Martin Perez. Vernon Wells scored four runs and Jose Bautista three while Travis Snider and Rod Barajas each drove in a pair at the bottom of the Toronto order did a lot of damage.

Jorge Polanco's bottom of the 11th grand slam evened the series and made a winner of Taylor Rodgers, who worked three perfect innings with six strikeouts. Barajas drove in the two Toronto runs with a double and homer off Michael Pineda. 

Max Kepler homered to lead off  Game Three in Rogers Centre. Lyle Overbay and Edwin Encarncion hit back-to-back homers in the second to even the score at 2. But in the fourth the Twins pummeled Scott Richmond for a pair of doubles and a two-run homer by Ehire Adrianaza. Nelson Cruz hit a solo homer in the fifth. Jake Odorizzi went 7.1 innings for the win. Encarncion hit a second solo homer in the ninth for the Jays.

Kyle Gibson took a shutout into the seventh inning of Game Four, by which time the Twins had built a 9-0 lead. Polanco hit a three-run homer in the third off Brian Tallet. Aaron Hill hit a grand slam in the seventh off Tyler Duffey for the Toronto runs. Perez finished the game for Minnesota with two perfect innings.

The Jays kept the series alive with a 15-inning win in Game Five. Adam Lind hit a three-run homer off Duffey in the bottom of the 15th after Jason Frasor (two innings) and Shawn Camp (four innings) combined to retire the final 18 Twins hitters. Ryne Harper had a remarkable escape in the 14th; after Vernon Wells singled and Overbay doubled, the Twins walked Encarncion intentionally to load the bases with no outs. Harper then struck out Bautista, Snider and Barajas.

The series returned to Target Field for Game Six. Toronto scored an unearned run off Pineda in the first, but the Twins scored two in the bottom of the inning and led the rest of the way. Marwin Gonzalez and Max Kepler each drove in a pair of runs in the sixth as the Twins scored five runs off loser Ricky Romero and Scott Downs. Mitch Garver capped the game with a two-run homer in the eighth. 

Player availablity: Miguel Sano is out through Game Four for the next round and may be deactivated. The Twins bullpen will be fully rested for the opener.

Projected rotation: Berrios-Odorizzi-Pineda-Gibson-(Berrios)-(Odorizzi)-(Pineda)