Eddie Rosario blasted five homers and drove in 12 runs in the six games to lead Minnesota to the series victory. Seattle's right-handed pitchers struggled to deal with the Twins platoon-heavy lineups.
Game One: Twins 10, Mariners 4: Rosario hit a three-run homer, and Robbie Grossman and Edurdo Escobar also went deep. The Twins scored five runs off Seattle ace Felix Hernandez, and then worked over two Mariners relievers in the seventh and eighth innings.
Game Two: Twins 3, Mariners 2: Releiver Brandon Morrow retired the first two Twins in the top of the ninth, but then the Twins went walk, single, walk, walk to break the tie. Rosario hit a two-run homer in the seventh for the only hit off Seattle lefty Erik Bedard.
Game Three: Mariners 9, Twins 5: Seattle peppered Kyle Gibson for nine hits and five runs in two innings Doug Fister allowed one run in five innings for the win.
Game Four: Mariners 9. Twins 8: Seattle scored at least one run in six different innings but never more than two, while the Twins did mose of their damage with a five-run fifth. Ryan Rowland-Smith got credit for the victory despite the difficult fifth. Seattle got homers from Russell Branyan and Jose Lopez,
Game Five: Twins 5, Mariners 4: Rosario hit a two-run homer in the first off King Felix and a three-run shot in the third to account for all of Minnesota's runs. Seattle made it close win in seventh with three runs, all charged to starter and winner Ervin Santana.
Game Six: Twins 2, Mariners 1: Escobar homered in the second and Rosario homered in the fourth, and Jose Berrios went seven innings for the series-clinching victory. Trevor Hildenberger retired all six men he faced to close out the pitchers duel. Seattle went hitless after the third inning..
Projected rotation: Santana-Gibson(?)-Berrios-Colon(?)-(Santana)-(Gibson?)-(Berrios). The Twins may swap out Colon and/or move Gibson to Game Four. The bullpen will be fully rested for the second round.
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