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1991 AL Championship Series (4-1): Minnesota Twins (95-67) over Toronto Blue Jays (91-71)

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WS: MIN-ATL / ALCS: MIN-TOR / NLCS: ATL-PIT
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1991 at Metrodome (Minnesota Twins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Toronto Blue Jays            0  0  0    1  0  3    0  0  0     4  9  3
    Minnesota Twins              2  2  1    0  0  0    0  0  x     5 11  0

    PITCHERS: TOR - Candiotti, Wells (3), Timlin (6)
              MIN - Morris, Willis (6), Aguilera (8)

               WP - Jack Morris
	       LP - Tom Candiotti
             SAVE - Rick Aguilera

   HOME RUNS: TOR - none
              MIN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 54,766

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1991 at Metrodome (Minnesota Twins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Toronto Blue Jays            1  0  2    0  0  0    2  0  0     5  9  0
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  0     2  5  1

    PITCHERS: TOR - Guzman, Henke (6), Ward (8)
              MIN - Tapani, Bedrosian (7), Guthrie (7)

               WP - Juan Guzman
	       LP - Kevin Tapani
             SAVE - Duane Ward

   HOME RUNS: TOR - none
              MIN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 54,816

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 11, 1991 at SkyDome (Toronto Blue Jays)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  0    1     3  7  0
    Toronto Blue Jays            2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0     2  5  1

    PITCHERS: MIN - Erickson, West (5), Willis (7), Guthrie (9), Aguilera (10)
              TOR - Key, Wells (7), Henke (8), Timlin (10)

               WP - Mark Guthrie
	       LP - Mike Timlin
             SAVE - Rick Aguilera

   HOME RUNS: MIN - Pagliarulo
              TOR - Carter

  ATTENDANCE: 51,454

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 12, 1991 at SkyDome (Toronto Blue Jays)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  0    4  0  2    1  1  1     9 13  1
    Toronto Blue Jays            0  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  1     3 11  2

    PITCHERS: MIN - Morris, Bedrosian (9)
              TOR - Stottlemyre, Wells (4), Acker (6), Timlin (7), MacDonald (9)

               WP - Jack Morris
	       LP - Todd Stottlemyre
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: MIN - Puckett
              TOR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 51,526

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 13, 1991 at SkyDome (Toronto Blue Jays)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Minnesota Twins              1  1  0    0  0  3    0  3  0     8 14  2
    Toronto Blue Jays            0  0  3    2  0  0    0  0  0     5  9  1

    PITCHERS: MIN - Tapani, West (5), Willis (8), Aguilera (9)
              TOR - Candiotti, Timlin (6), Ward (6), Wells (8)

               WP - David West
	       LP - Duane Ward
             SAVE - Rick Aguilera

   HOME RUNS: MIN - Puckett
              TOR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 51,425

Series MVP - Kirby Puckett

Series Batting Stats

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Minnesota Twins

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Rick Aguilera       3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Steve Bedrosian     2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Jarvis Brown        1   0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  37   8  0  .216  .472   7
#Chili Davis         5  17  3  5  2  0  0   2  5  8  .294  .455  .412  1 | 534 148 29  .277  .892   5
 Scott Erickson      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Greg Gagne          5  17  1  4  0  0  0   1  1  5  .235  .316  .235  0 | 408 108  8  .265  .705  11
 Dan Gladden         5  23  4  6  0  0  0   3  1  3  .261  .292  .261  3 | 461 114  6  .247  .662  15
 Mark Guthrie        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Brian Harper        5  18  1  5  2  0  0   1  0  2  .278  .278  .389  0 | 441 137 10  .311  .783   1
*Kent Hrbek          5  21  0  3  0  0  0   3  1  3  .143  .182  .143  0 | 462 131 20  .284  .834   4
 Chuck Knoblauch     5  20  5  7  2  0  0   3  3  3  .350  .435  .450  2 | 565 159  1  .281  .701  25
#Gene Larkin         3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 255  73  2  .286  .734   2
 Scott Leius         3   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .200  .000  0 | 199  57  5  .286  .795   5
 Shane Mack          5  18  4  6  1  1  0   3  2  4  .333  .381  .500  2 | 442 137 18  .310  .892  13
 Jack Morris         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Al Newman           2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 246  47  0  .191  .471   4
 Junior Ortiz        3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 134  28  0  .209  .554   0
*Mike Pagliarulo     5  15  4  5  1  0  1   3  0  2  .333  .333  .600  0 | 365 102  6  .279  .706   1
 Kirby Puckett       5  21  4  9  1  0  2   5  1  4  .429  .435  .762  0 | 611 195 15  .319  .812  11
*Paul Sorrento       1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  47  12  4  .255  .867   0
 Kevin Tapani        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*David West          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Carl Willis         3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 181 27 50  9  1  3  24 15 37  .276  .332  .387  8 |        140  .280  .762 107

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Toronto Blue Jays

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Jim Acker           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Roberto Alomar      5  19  3  9  0  0  0   4  2  3  .474  .524  .474  2 | 637 188  9  .295  .790  53
 Pat Borders         5  19  0  5  1  0  0   2  0  0  .263  .263  .316  0 | 291  71  5  .244  .625   0
 Tom Candiotti       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  0   0  0               0
 Joe Carter          5  19  3  5  2  0  1   4  1  5  .263  .286  .526  0 | 638 174 33  .273  .833  20
*Rob Ducey           1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  68  16  1  .235  .665   2
 Rene Gonzales       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 118  23  1  .195  .535   0
 Kelly Gruber        5  21  1  6  1  0  0   4  0  4  .286  .286  .333  1 | 429 108 20  .252  .751  12
 Juan Guzman         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Tom Henke           2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Jimmy Key           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Manuel Lee          5  16  3  2  0  0  0   0  1  5  .125  .176  .125  0 | 445 104  0  .234  .562   7
*Bob MacDonald       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Candy Maldonado     5  20  1  2  1  0  0   1  1  6  .100  .143  .150  0 |+288  72 12  .250  .769   4
*Rance Mulliniks     5   8  1  1  0  0  0   0  3  0  .125  .364  .125  0 | 240  60  2  .250  .697   0
*John Olerud         5  19  1  3  0  0  0   3  3  1  .158  .273  .158  0 | 454 116 17  .256  .791   0
*Todd Stottlemyre    1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Pat Tabler          2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .500  .000  0 | 185  40  1  .216  .588   0
 Mike Timlin         4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Duane Ward          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*David Wells         4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Devon White         5  22  5  8  1  0  0   0  2  3  .364  .417  .409  3 | 642 181 17  .282  .797  33
#Mookie Wilson       3   8  1  2  0  0  0   0  1  3  .250  .333  .250  1 | 241  58  2  .241  .626  11
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 173 19 43  6  0  1  18 15 30  .249  .307  .301  7 |        133  .257  .719 148

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Minnesota Twins

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Jack Morris         2   4.05 2-0  0  0 13.3 17  6  1  7 | 18-12 247  3.43  1.29 163   
 Kevin Tapani        2   7.84 0-1  0  0 10.3 16  9  3  9 | 16-9  244  2.99  1.09 135   
*David West          2   0.00 1-0  0  0  5.7  1  0  4  4 |  4-4   71  4.54  1.32  52   
 Carl Willis         3   0.00 0-0  0  0  5.3  2  0  0  3 |  8-3   89  2.63  1.07  53  2
 Scott Erickson      1   4.50 0-0  0  0  4.0  3  2  5  2 | 20-8  204  3.18  1.27 108   
 Rick Aguilera       3   0.00 0-0  3  0  3.3  1  0  0  3 |  4-5   69  2.35  1.07  61 42
*Mark Guthrie        2   0.00 1-0  0  0  2.7  0  0  0  0 |  7-5   98  4.32  1.60  72  2
 Steve Bedrosian     2   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.3  3  0  2  2 |  5-3   77  4.42  1.36  44  6
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.33 4-1  3  0 46.0 43 17 15 30 |            3.69 1.300   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Toronto Blue Jays

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Tom Candiotti       2   8.22 0-1  0  0  7.7 17  7  2  5 |+13-13 238  2.65  1.16 167   
*David Wells         4   2.35 0-0  0  0  7.7  6  2  2  9 | 15-10 198  3.72  1.19 106  1
*Jimmy Key           1   3.00 0-0  0  0  6.0  5  2  1  1 | 16-12 209  3.05  1.20 125   
 Juan Guzman         1   3.18 1-0  0  0  5.7  4  2  4  2 | 10-3  139  2.99  1.18 123   
 Mike Timlin         4   3.18 0-1  0  0  5.7  5  2  2  5 | 11-6  108  3.16  1.33  85  3
 Duane Ward          2   6.23 0-1  1  0  4.3  4  3  1  6 |  7-6  107  2.77  1.05 132 23
 Todd Stottlemyre    1   9.82 0-1  0  0  3.7  7  4  1  3 | 15-8  219  3.78  1.23 116   
 Tom Henke           2   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.7  0  0  1  5 |  0-2   50  2.32  0.87  53 32
*Bob MacDonald       1   9.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  1  1  1  0 |  3-3   54  2.85  1.42  24   
 Jim Acker           1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.7  1  0  0  1 |  3-5   88  5.20  1.28  44  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.60 1-4  1  0 45.0 50 23 15 37 |            3.50 1.250   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: MIN-ATL / ALCS: MIN-TOR / NLCS: ATL-PIT

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