Game 1 Minnesota 7-6 (11): Twins jump on top 3-0 early, aided by a Torii Hunter 2 run HR. Angels tie the game on a Reggie Jackson 3-run bomb. Twins come up with 33 straight 2-out singles to go back up 6-3. But the Angels string together 4 straight 2-out hits to tie it again 6-6 in the 8th. Game remained tied until the bottom of the bottom of the 11th when Minnesota scored an unearned run when the lead off batter Torii Hunter reached on a Tim Foli error and then scored when Bob Boone threw the ball away on a sac bunt attempt the very next batter. 
Game 2: California 3-0: All Geoff Zahn, who took a no-no into the 7th inning, and settles for a complete game, 3-hit shutout. Reggie's 2-run HR in the 6th is all that Zahn needed.
Game 3: California 2-1 (12): Starters Silva (6IP, 0ER) and Witt (9IP, 1 ER) both pitch masterfully. Through 11 and a half innings each team has come up with only 3 hits. Angels finally break through in the bottom of the 12th on a Downing HBP, a Grich sac bunt, a Boone single, and a Carew sac fly. Don Aase gets the win in relief.Game 4: Minnesota 3-2: 4th starters Lohse and Renko both pitch well. Fred Lynn puts the
Halos up 1-0 with an RBI double. But Hunter, Rivas ans Koskie answer the next half-frame with an HR, triple and single - all with 2 outs - to put the Twins up 2-1. Halos tie it half an inning later on a DeCinces single. The only other run of the game was on a Jacques Jones HR leading off the top of the 6th inning. The Twins bullpen tosses 4 innings of 1-hit shutout relief to preserve the victory.Turning Point: Jones' HR gave the Twins what they needed to split the series rather than losing it.
MVP: Twins Relievers Juan Rincon and Joe Nathan take the co-MVP honors with a combined pitching line for the series: 8.2IP, 2H, 4BB, 9K, 0R
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