European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The read to the world series 1  a \r>?.-�  a a a. A a a a Pagliarulo s Homer gives twins 3-2 win 2-7 Lea the stars and stripes october 13,1991 a Page 24 by Jim Donaghy Toronto apr with one terrific swing Mike Pagliarulo gave the dome advantage Back to Minnesota Pagliarulo hit a Pinch Homer with one out in the i oth inning Friday night to give Minnesota a 3-2 Victory Over Toronto and a 2-1 Lead in the american league playoffs. The Home run off Mike Timlin also broke a Streak of i2 consecutive scoreless innings by Blue jays relievers. The Home run wiped out an advantage enjoyed by the Blue jays who won game 2 in the metronome and ended the twins seven game postseason Home winning Streak. At very least the twins know they will be returning to Homer Hanky land. Only two years ago Pagliarulo was almost out of baseball after hitting .196 in 50 games with the padres. Now he a a big Deal in the playoffs. A it was the biggest game of my life Quot Pagliarulo said. �?o1 was looking to hit the Ball up the Middle but the Ball was overal playoffs the plate so i pulled it. 1 almost missed first  miss first base almost. But the 31-year-old Pagliarulo did no to miss his Chance to be a Star. A it was the shortest game of my life but also the biggest game of my life a said Pagliarulo who hit Only six homers in 365 at bats this season. A i can hit Home  game 4 of the Best-of-7 series will be played saturday when Jack Morris the Winner of the first game faces Todd Stottlemyre. Of the seven previous Al playoffs tied la the team winning game 3 went on to win the series five times. A Pagliarulo did a Good Job for us this season a twins Center fielder Kirby Puckett said. A a lot of people thought he was washed  Pagliarulo hit 32 homers for the new York Yankees in 1987, but his High since then was 15 the next season. The twins signed Pagliarulo As a free agent on Jan. 25, 1990. Nobody else really wanted him. Toronto got a Good performance from its bullpen but the twins were even better. David West who slumped in the second half pitched 2 2-3 shutout innings allowing one hit and series Surprise Carl Willis worked two scoreless innings giving up one hit. Mark Guthrie got the final out of the ninth and gained the Victory and Rick Aguilera finished for his second save of the series. Pagliarulo was batting for Rookie Scott Leius who was o-for-3, when he hit Timlin s fastball Over the right Field Wall. It was the sixth Pinch Homer in playoff history and the third in the Al. The last in the Al was by Kansas City spat Sheridan in 1985, also against the Blue jays a it was a horrible pitch Quot Timlin said. The Blue jays kept a late arriving sky dome crowd of 51,454 on their feet in the first inning when Joe Carter hit Scott Erickson a 3-2 pitch 451 feet to Center Field with two outs. Candy Maldonado made it 2-0 with an rib double later in the inning. Toronto however could have had much much More. In the first seven innings the Blue jays were l-for-8 with runners in scoring position. They also Drew eight walks Only one of which resulted in a run. A we left too Many runners on base a Toronto manager Cito Gaston said. Quot it Minnesota Schili Davis greets Chuck Knoblauch who doubled and scored in the sixth to tie the game saturday. Joe Carter grimaces after running into the right Field Wall in the fifth. He left the game in the seventh for a Pinch runner. Was just one of those games when you bunt you done to drive in the run and when you hit and run nothing  Erickson 20-8 staggered through four plus innings allowing three hits and walking five the latter his season High. He walked the first two batters in the fourth with no damage and the Blue jays wasted two walks and two David West wild pitches in the fifth. In 13 of the previous 14 games Between the teams this season the club scoring first went on to win. In game 3, the Blue jays inability to apply a knockout gave the twins reason to Hope. Minnesota scored a run in the fifth when Shane Mack tripled to right Field leading off and beat second baseman Roberto Alomar s ill advised throw Home on Kent Hrbek a slow grounder. On Mack s triple Carter got his foot stuck on the plastic Wall and appeared to sprain his ankle. Carter left in the seventh for a Pinch runner. The twins announced after the game that Carter had suffered a mild sprained ankle and would be a Rayed on saturday. Rookie Chuck Knoblauch 6-for-10 in the series doubled with one out in the sixth and scored on Puckett s single to right. Carter s Strong throw Home was Cut off by first baseman John Olsrud whose relay Home was too late to get the sliding  sports tonight a nil games on to a Page 18 Beck ties pea record with 59 a Page 21 Torborg takes Over the mets a Page 22 Becker Agassi suffer upsets a Page 23