The Twins open the best of 3 wildcard playoffs at home against the Toronto Blue Jays Tuesday afternoon at 3:38 p.m. Pablo Lopez will start on the mound for the Twins in Game 1 with Sonny Gray starting Game 2 Wednesday.
The Twins overcame a 5-0 deficit to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 13-7 Sunday to split the 4 game series at 2 games apiece. Minnesota fell behind 5-0 in the 2nd inning before Minnesota scored 7 runs in the 2nd and 6 more in the 5th.
Josh Willingham hit a two-run home run, Phil Hughes struck out a season-high nine to win in Toronto for the first time in almost three years and the Minnesota Twins beat the Blue Jays 7-2 on Wednesday.