Toronto Blue Jays at Minnesota Twins

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Toronto Blue Jays

14-17, 4-9 Away

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Minnesota Twins

14-18, 9-8 Home

Buxton hits 3rd homer in 4 games, Jeffers also goes deep as Twins top Blue Jays 7-1

Toronto Blue Jays vs. Minnesota Twins: Game Highlights

Daulton Varsho homered off Bailey Ober (3-1) in the fourth and Jeffers put the Twins ahead to stay at 2-1 in the bottom half against Kevin Gausman (2-2).

Buxton homered two innings later, his team-leading eighth, and Austin Martin added an RBI single later in the sixth. Buxton was 3 for 4 in his third three-hit game this season.

Minnesota won for the second time in its last nine games and the third time in 14.

Ober allowed four hits in six-plus innings. Anthony Banda, Andrew Morris and Justin Topa combined for two-hit relief for a Twins bullpen that entered with a 5.30 ERA, fourth-worst among big league bullpens.

Gausman allowed four runs, four hits and two walks in 5 2/3 innings. The four earned runs off him were a season high.

Throwing errors by third baseman Kazuma Okamoto and shortstop Andrés Giménez contributed to a pair of unearned runs in a three-run eighth.

Up next Toronto LHP Patrick Corbin (0-0, 3.72 ERA) starts Friday against Minnesota RHP Simeon Woods Richardson (0-4, 6.30).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Giménez grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Clement out at second.
	9th Inning	Schneider flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Clement walked.
	9th Inning	Topa relieved Morris
	9th Inning	Outman in left field.
	8th Inning	Lee flied out to center.

Statistics

TOR		MIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	4
2	Strikeouts	6
1	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	7
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
32	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
18	Fly Balls	21
0	Caught Stealing	0
133	Pitches	144
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	14
35	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
2.2	Runs Created	5.0
.188	Batting Average	.233
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.281	Slugging Percentage	.467
.219	Secondary Average	.400
.257	On Base Percentage	.314
.538	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.781
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.2
2.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.6
14.0	Batter Rating	42.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.80	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.11
.094	Isolated Power	.233
1.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.67
.086	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.114
.031	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.167
2.0	Runs Produced	13.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.9
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
70.0	MLB Rating	87.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0