Toronto Blue Jays at Minnesota Twins

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Toronto Blue Jays

16-17, 6-9 Away

Final
11 - 4

Minnesota Twins

14-20, 9-10 Home

An eight-run eighth inning lifts the Blue Jays past the Twins 11-4

Blue Jays use big eighth inning for win over Twins

Lenyn Sosa and Myles Straw also went deep for Toronto, which scored a season high in runs while winning for the sixth time in eight games, but saw George Springer leave with an injury.

Byron Buxton homered for the Twins for the third straight game and fifth in six outings, but the beleaguered Minnesota bullpen cost the team again.

Eight Blue Jays scored against Luis García (0-1) and Anthony Banda before an out was recorded in the eighth inning. Okamoto and Sosa had RBI singles, and Davis Schneider ended an 0-for-27 skid with a two-run double before Valenzuela’s three-run shot.

In the past six games, Twins relievers have allowed 20 runs in 20 1/3 innings.

Springer left the game in the third inning after being hit by a pitch on the left foot. The four-time All-Star came off the 10-day injured list Wednesday after fouling off a pitch and breaking his left big toe on April 11 in another game against the Twins.

Manager John Schneider said X-rays showed no new fracture.

“Just the way he reacted it wasn't like excruciating pain, so hopefully he'll be all right in a day or so," Schneider said, adding he had already planned to give Springer the day off on Sunday.

Buxton hit Minnesota’s first leadoff home run of the season — and 21st of his career — with a fly ball that landed in the flower bed in the two-row right field overhang.

Sosa and Straw went deep in the second.

Trailing 4-2, Okamoto hit a 453-foot solo home run over the bullpens in the sixth against Justin Topa. According to Sportsnet Stats, his 16 RBI since April 18 are tops in the majors.

In seven innings, Toronto’s Dylan Cease (2-1) allowed four runs — three earned — and struck out seven. In his third career start, Connor Prielipp allowed two runs on three hits for the Twins, striking out four in five innings.

Up next RHP Trey Yesavage (1-0, 0.00 ERA) makes his second start of the season for Toronto in Sunday’s series finale. RHP Joe Ryan (2-3, 3.76 ERA) pitches for Minnesota.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Wallner grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Keaschall flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Clemens lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Miles relieved Fluharty
	9th Inning	Varsho fouled out to third.
	9th Inning	Sosa flied out to right.

Statistics

TOR		MIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	13
5	Strikeouts	7
11	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
11	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	33
4	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
17	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
163	Pitches	133
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	0
23	Total Bases	12
42	Plate Appearances	34
648.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
6	Extra Base Hits	3
7.9	Runs Created	2.4
.250	Batting Average	.212
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.639	Slugging Percentage	.364
.528	Secondary Average	.182
.357	On Base Percentage	.235
.996	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.599
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
7.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.4
69.0	Batter Rating	28.0
9.0	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.88	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.91
.389	Isolated Power	.152
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.14
.119	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
.278	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.030
22.0	Runs Produced	7.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
106.5	MLB Rating	77.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0