The streak is over! After filling their roles as the postseason doormat for the last 19 years, the Twins have finally won a playoff game. You have to go back 18 games all the way to their 2004 ALDS Game 1 win over the Yankees for the last time Minnesota was victorious in the postseason. We’ve got the recap of that game plus the three other contests on display on this action-packed first day of the 2023 MLB playoffs.
ALWCS Game 1
Texas Rangers 4, Tampa Bay Rays 0
(Rangers lead, 1-0)
When Brian Cashman traded Jordan Montgomery to the Cardinals for Harrison Bader at the 2022 MLB trade deadline, the Yankees’ GM was quoted as saying he didn’t envision Montgomery making their postseason roster.