The Brewers win a crazy series 3 games to 2 as they win games 4 and 5 to advance to face the #2 seed 1979 Baltimore Orioles.
Game 1 – County Stadium
Brewers 3 – Twins 2 (10)
WP: Rollie Fingers (1-0)
LP: Jeff Reardon (0-1)
Game 2 – County Stadium
Twins 13 – Brewers 1
WP:Bert Blyleven (1-0)
LP: Don Sutton (0-1)
Game 3 – Metrodome
WP: Les Straker (1-0)
LP: Pete Vuchovich (0-1)
Game 4 – Metrodome
WP: Mike Caldwell (1-0)
LP: Frank Viola (0-1)
Game 5 – County Stadium
WP: Jim Slaton (1-0)
LP: Jeff Reardon (0-2)