Jose Barrios, who started Game 1 for the Twins Friday night, was 15 years old in 2009, when the Yankees also swept the Twins in the ALDS.
When the Twins fell to the Yankees in four games in the 2004 ALDS, current manager Rocco Baldelli had just turned 23 and completed his second season with the Devil Rays.
“We were prepared, we got on them early,” Twins first baseman C.J. Cron said. “They did a good job responding and then once they took the lead, they just kind of continued to get on.” After a six-pitch walk to Giancarlo Stanton, Gleyber Torres followed by hitting Berrios’ first pitch to third. But a potential inning-ending double play turned disastrous for the Twins when the relay throw from second baseman Luis Arraez clipped off the glove of Cron, allowing two runs to score.
While the 23 plate appearances of five pitches or more were the most the Yankees have had in a nine-inning playoff game against the Twins during the winning streak, Friday marked the 11th straight postseason tilt between the two teams in which the Yankees had 10 or more five-pitch plate appearances. “They have a good offense, so you know they’re a team that you know is going to have good at-bats,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. “You know that they’re going to generally lay off pitches out of the zone, and they’re impactful. You know what, I think they resemble our team a lot, too.”
In addition, Twins relievers allowed six runs in four innings, raising the Minnesota bullpen ERA during the Yankees losing streak to 5.44.
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