” We didnt give ourselves enough room to work,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli informed reporters, consisting of MLB Daily Dishs Andersen Pickard, following the Game 1 loss. “In a tight scenario, anything youre not going to execute comes back to bite you whichs what occurred in todays game.”
Tuesdays loss set a brand-new North American postseason losing streak record, breaking a tie with the NHLs Chicago Blackhawks. Chicago lost 16 straight championship game from 1975-79. The second-longest postseason losing streak in baseball history belongs to the Red Sox, who lost 13 directly from 1986-95. That losing streak began with the Bill Buckner game.
In Game 1 on Tuesday, Jose Altuve drew a bases-loaded walk against Sergio Romo to offer the Astros a 2-1 lead in the ninth inning. That came after Jorge Polancos toss to 2nd pulled Luis Arraez off the bag, permitting the inning to continue. It would have been the last out of the inning.
The longest postseason losing streak in the history of North American pro sports has reached 18 games. Wednesday afternoon at Target Field, the Minnesota Twins were purged the best-of-three Wild Card Series by the Houston Astros. The Astros won Game 1 on Tuesday (HOU 4, MIN 1) before finishing the sweep in Game 2 on Wednesday (HOU 3, MIN 1).
Runs were at a premium throughout the two-game series and Carlos Correa offered Houston the lead for excellent with his seventh inning solo home run Wednesday. Kyle Tucker had a set of RBI songs. Former Twin Ryan Pressly closed out the series with a 1-2-3 ninth inning.
Here are the longest postseason losing streaks in North American sports, according to YES Network researcher James Smyth:
Minnesota Twins: 18 video games (2004 to present).
With the sweep, the Astros advance to the Southern California center and wait for the winner of the Athletics vs. White Sox series in the ALDS. That series will start Monday. The Twins will go home for the winter and again attempt to find out how they can overcome the hump in October.
Los Angeles Kings: 14 video games (1993-2001).
A number of tied at 13 video games.
Chicago Blackhawks: 16 video games (1975-79).
As noted by MLB.coms Sarah Langs, 27 of the other 29 MLB teams have actually won a postseason video game since the Twins last won one. The Mariners (have not reached the postseason considering that 2001) and Marlins (reached the postseason for the first time considering that 2003 this year) are the two exceptions. Ever since 18 teams have won at least 10 postseason games and 10 have won at least 20.
The Twins have not won a postseason video game since Game 1 of the 2004 ALDS. Their starting pitcher that day was Johan Santana. Thirteen of these 18 successive postseason losses have actually come against the Yankees (2004 ALDS, 2009 ALDS, 2010 ALDS, 2017 Wild Card Game, 2019 ALDS), 3 have actually come against the Athletics (2006 ALDS), and now 2 against the Astros.
Detroit Pistons: 14 games (2008 to present).
The longest postseason losing streak in the history of North American pro sports has actually reached 18 video games. The Astros won Game 1 on Tuesday (HOU 4, MIN 1) before finishing the sweep in Game 2 on Wednesday (HOU 3, MIN 1).
As noted by MLB.coms Sarah Langs, 27 of the other 29 MLB groups have actually won a postseason video game given that the Twins last won one. The Twins have actually not won a postseason video game because Game 1 of the 2004 ALDS. Thirteen of these 18 consecutive postseason losses have come against the Yankees (2004 ALDS, 2009 ALDS, 2010 ALDS, 2017 Wild Card Game, 2019 ALDS), three have actually come against the Athletics (2006 ALDS), and now 2 against the Astros.
