2004: Santana Beats the Yankees

Sure, recent years have not supplied a lot of great post season moments to relive if you are a Twins fan. I have to go back six years to find some success. Here is what I wrote last year: ……… Tuesday October 5, 2004 The Twins, fresh off of their third consecutive AL Central title, opened up the 2004 playoffs with an ALDS game at Yankee Stadium. Though the Yankees were favored in the series, the Twins sent Johan Santana to the mound. Santana hadn’t lost a game since July 11, a period of time in which he pitched 104.1 innings and had a 1.21 ERA in a league with a 4.64 ERA. Opponents had hit just .154/.216/.228 against Santana over the same stretch. To say that the Twins were confident in a series with two potential Santana starts would be accurate. Though Santana didn’t look as dominant to most observers in Game 1 against the Yankees, you can’t argue with the results. From LEN3′s game story: No, Johan Santana was not as scintillating Tuesday as he was during the seco...