Twins sacked Alejandro Kirk's Blue Jays in wild card round

Twins sacked Alejandro Kirk’s Blue Jays in wild card round

Posted On: October 5, 2023

Fast and well written, without stretching to three gamesMinnesota Twins They allowed the Toronto Blue Jays to establish themselves in the division series of the young circuit. For the Twins, the predictions came true, while for the ninth Canadian catcherr Mexican Alejandro Kirk, it was the second consecutive campaign in which he bid farewell to the wild card round.

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The Blue Jays suffered from timely hitsthey had nine hits, including two from Kirk, but they failed to capitalize on the men in scoring position and for example, that sixth inning where they left the bases loaded with Matt Chapman on the ground to complete the double play.

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Minnesota won 2-0 at Target Field, completing the sweep and both lines coming in the bottom of the fourth inning against pitches from Puerto Rican José Berríos and Japanese left-hander Yusei Kikuchi. Puerto Rican shortstop Carlos Correa opened the scoreboard with an undisputed victory over Kevin Kiermaier and with Royce Lewis, The hero of Tuesday’s game, with his two home runs, was responsible for hitting first at home, while Max Kepler brought in second and last after Willi Castro’s ground ball into a double play.

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THE DAMAGE HAS ALREADY DONE BY THE TWINS’ OFFENSE

It was all the harm the Twins offense could do, who are now banking on the strength of their enclosure. The manager of the local team, Rocco Baldelli came out with the crane after five complete passes, eliminating from the hill a Sonny Gray who performed well with five hits allowed, two walks and six rivals passed by strikes, another starter immediately arrived like Louie Varland, only this strategy did not work at all for Baldelli, which is why he withdrew to use his main relievers, the cases of Thielbar, Stewart, Jax and the Dominican Jhoan Durán, who for the second consecutive afternoon marked the rescue.