Minneapolis ? Brian Fuentes sounded philosophical.

“The bad news is we’re down 2-0,” the Minnesota Twins reliever said Friday. “But the good news is we’re only down 2-0.”

At this point, anything short of elimination is good news for the AL Central champions.

In a replay of postseasons past, the Twins lost the first two games of the division series against the New York Yankees. Only this time, the series opened in Minneapolis. Of the 16 teams before this year to lose the first two games of the division series at home, the only one to sweep the next three and advance was the 2001 Yankees against Oakland, according to STATS LLC.

“You don’t have to mask it. You don’t have to, you know, say it in a creative way. You just say, ‘Look, we’ve got to win tonight,”‘ Michael Cuddyer said. “You solely focus on winning that night. And I think if you do that, it might alleviate some of the pressure of looking at this as a three-game uphill battle.”

Minnesota hit just .219 in the first two games, including 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position. During the regular season, its .285 RISP average was the best in the major leagues, STATS said.

For a team named the Twins, this group strangely can’t pair big hits together in the playoffs.

“It seems like every time we score, they come back and score, so we’ve got to keep going at them,” J.J. Hardy said.