Juan Guzmán and Duane Ward helped the Blue Jays prevail by a 5–2 score in Game 2 to even the series headed home to Toronto.
Jack Morris and Steve Bedrosian shut down the Blue Jays' offense in Game 4 as the Twins won in a blowout, 9–3, to take a 3–1 series lead.
Game 5 was an offensive duel which was won by the Twins, as they overcame a 5–2 Blue Jays lead with six unanswered runs to clinch the pennant.
The Twins would only make one more ALCS appearance in 2002, where they lost to the eventual World Series champion Anaheim Angels in five games.
The Blue Jays returned to the ALCS the next year, defeating the Oakland Athletics in six games en route to their first World Series title.
The Pirates evened the series in an extra-inning Game 4 as Mike LaValliere scored the winning run with an RBI single.
In Game 5, Smith outdueled Glavine as the Pirates won 1–0 to take a 3–2 series lead headed back to Pittsburgh, now one win away from their first NL pennant in 12 years.
In what is considered to be one of the greatest World Series ever played, the Twins defeated the Braves in seven games to win their second title in five years.
This marked the second year of a four-year agreement with CBS to televise all postseason games nationally in the United States.