The 2020 Major League Baseball postseason continued Wednesday with a packed eight-game schedule in the best-of-three Wild Card Series.
The full slate saw three American League teams advance to the ALDS -- including the Yankees in a wild game vs.
Hands down, the game of the postseason thus far is Game 2 between the Yankees and Cleveland.
They drew 12 walks, the most ever in a nine-inning postseason game, and they also hit three home runs.
In a perfect world, the Padres would've had Mike Clevinger or Dinelson Lamet start Game 1 of their Wild Card Series against the Cardinals.
If the Padres go on to lose the series -- and they'll have to win Games 2 and 3 to avoid elimination after dropping the series opener on Wednesday -- they'll have no choice but to wonder what could have been if Clevinger and Lamet had stayed healthy a little longer.
With the 3-1 loss to the Astros in Game 2, the Twins extended their record MLB playoff losing streak to 18 games and were knocked out of the postseason in the process.
Houston, the team with the worst regular season record (29-31) in the playoff field, knocked out Minnesota in two games at Target Field. .
Aside from the fact the the Twins were simply a far better team than the Astros during the regular season, the Twins also held a 24-7 (.774) record when playing at home.
The Twins home record was the highest win percentage since the 1975 Reds, while the Astros away record is the worst road winning percentage by a playoff team in the World Series era.
Frustrations piled up for the Twins in Wednesday's elimination game when the Twins' offense went ice cold.
Altogether in the two Wild Card Series games, the Twins lineup managed just seven hits and two runs.
The last time the Twins scored more than four runs in a playoff game was when they scored five runs in a loss to the Yankees on Oct.
Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman secured a 1-0 victory with a walk-off single in the 13th inning of Atlanta's series opener against the Reds on Wednesday.
As our Mike Axisa noted elsewhere, the Braves and Reds also set a record for the longest scoreless playoff game.
Since that stretch, there have been three wild card games and the A's lost all three.
Looping in the last two with Game 1 here in 2020, the A's had zero leads in any playoff game after losing the 2014 Wild Card Game to the Royals. .
The White Sox are now 15-0 this season in games started by left-handers, including Game 1 against Jesus Luzardo
Three-game series on a one vs
The series barely felt like it had started before it was essentially over.Â
The Marlins surprising 2020 continued Wednesday as Miami scored five times in the seventh inning for a 5-1 win over the Cubs in Game 1
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