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First team to record two triple plays in the same game: July 17, 1990 vs. Boston Red Sox (lost game 1–0). First team to reach the playoffs after losing 100 games the previous year. On August 31, 2019 Mitch Garver hit his 20th HR of the season, becoming the 8th Twins player to hit 20 or more home runs in a season. This sets an MLB record.
On July 17, 1990, the Twins became the only team in major league history to pull off two triple plays in the same game. Twins' pitcher and Minnesota native Jack Morris was the star of the series in 1991, going 2–0 in his three starts with a 1.17 ERA.
On July 4, 2022, the Minnesota Twins turned the first known 8-5 triple play in MLB history, in a game against the Chicago White Sox. In the bottom of the seventh inning, with Yoán Moncada on first and Adam Engel on second, A. J. Pollock hit a deep fly ball to center, in what apparently would be an extra-base hit.
— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) July 5, 2022. ... It was the first 8-5 triple play on record in MLB history, according to MLB.com's Sarah Langs. To be fair to the White Sox, Statcast had Pollock's ...
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With two games left to play, the Twins were one game on top of the Red Sox in the standings; moreover, the two remaining games each team had to play happened to be against each other. Unfortunately for Minnesota baseball fans, the Red Sox won both games and clinched their first pennant since 1946, finishing with a 92–70 record.
The Minnesota Twins franchise has won three World Series in 1924, 1987 and 1991, the first of which occurred when the team was in Washington D.C. As the Senators, the team were annual doormats for the AL except 1924-1933 when the team played in three World Series (winning one).
1965 – American League pennant (as Minnesota Twins) 1987 – William Harridge Trophy (American League champion) 1987 – Commissioner's Trophy (World Series) [2] 1991 – William Harridge Trophy (American League champion) 1991 – Commissioner's Trophy (World Series) [2] 2002 – Baseball America Organization of the Year