Toronto Blue Jays at Minnesota Twins

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Toronto Blue Jays

15-17, 5-9 Away

Final
7 - 3

Minnesota Twins

14-19, 9-9 Home

Okamoto goes deep twice, Sosa and Pinango each have three hits; Blue Jays beat Twins 7-3

Lenyn Sosa also had three hits to tie a career high, and Patrick Corbin allowed two earned runs in 5 1/3 innings to get his first win with the Blue Jays.

Byron Buxton homered for the fourth time in five games, but Minnesota lost for the 12th time in 15 games.

Okamoto hit a solo shot to lead off the fourth inning and added a two-run shot in the fifth to make it 6-2. It is the first multi-homer game for Okamoto, who signed a four-year, $60 million contract with Toronto in January. He hit 248 home runs during his 11-year career in Japan.

He nearly added a third home run in the ninth inning, but the ball was caught on the warning track.

Corbin (1-0), who made 30 starts for Texas last year and signed with Toronto on April 3 to help a rotation battered by early-season injuries, scattered six hits and struck out four.

Minnesota loaded the bases with one out in the seventh inning against Jeff Hoffman but only scored one run on Ryan Jeffers' sacrifice fly.

For the sixth time in seven outings, Twins starter Simeon Woods Richardson (0-5) failed to go more than five innings, allowing six runs — four earned — in 4 2/3 innings, pushing his ERA to 6.49.

Buxton golfed a two-run home run in the third to tie the score 2-2. His nine home runs since April 13 are tied with Munetaka Murakami for the most in baseball.

Trying to throw out Daulton Varsho at home on a fielder’s choice, a throwing error by first baseman Josh Bell allowed Varsho and Sosa to score for a 2-0 second-inning Toronto lead.

Up next RHP Dylan Cease (1-1, 2.87 ERA) starts for Toronto on Saturday, and LHP Connor Prielipp (1-0, 4.00 ERA) pitches for Minnesota.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Jeffers struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Martin reached on infield single to shortstop, Buxton to second.
	9th Inning	Buxton walked.
	9th Inning	Outman popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Lee struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Varland relieved Rogers

Statistics

TOR		MIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
19	Ground Balls	9
3	Strikeouts	10
5	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
38	At Bats	35
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
16	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	1
138	Pitches	140
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
18	Total Bases	13
41	Plate Appearances	39
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	1
5.9	Runs Created	4.3
.289	Batting Average	.286
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.474	Slugging Percentage	.371
.237	Secondary Average	.114
.341	On Base Percentage	.333
.815	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.705
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
5.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.3
43.0	Batter Rating	25.0
19.0	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.37	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.59
.184	Isolated Power	.086
0.67	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.049	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.051
-.053	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.171
12.0	Runs Produced	6.0
0.7	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
93.3	MLB Rating	80.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0