Minnesota Twins at Toronto Blue Jays

· Major League Baseball

Minnesota Twins

60-72, 27-41 Away

Final
7 - 5

Toronto Blue Jays

77-56, 43-22 Home

Gasper hits tying homer in 9th, Wallner adds winning blast as Twins rally to beat Blue Jays 7-5

Minnesota Twins vs. Toronto Blue Jays: Game Highlights

Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman came on in the ninth with Toronto leading 4-3, but Gasper greeted him with a game-tying homer, the first of his career.

Four batters later, Wallner gave the Twins the lead with a two-run homer, his 20th. Wallner homered twice in Monday’s 10-4 loss.

The Twins snapped a three-game losing streak and won for the third time in 12 games.

The blown save was Hoffman’s seventh in 35 chances. Hoffman has allowed 12 home runs.

Hoffman (8-5) left to boos from the crowd of 42,235 after walking Edouard Julien. The right-hander retired two of the seven batters he faced.

Minnesota’s Michael Tonkin (2-0) got two outs for the win and Justin Topa pitched around Daulton Varsho's pinch-hit RBI double in the ninth to earn his fourth save in six chances.

George Springer went 4 for 5 with two home runs, but it wasn’t enough for the AL East-leading Blue Jays. Springer hit a 433-foot drive in the second, then added a 445-foot blast in the fifth. The homers were his 23rd and 24th. It was Springer’s fourth multi-homer game this season and the 28th of his career.

Luke Keaschall hit a two-run home run for Minnesota, his third.

Key moment Wallner connected on the first pitch he saw from Hoffman, a 96 mph fastball.

Key stat The Twins have homered in 22 consecutive games at Rogers Centre, dating to 2017. It’s Minnesota’s longest home run streak at any road stadium. The Twins homered in 21 straight games at Kansas City between 1998 and 2001.

Up next Blue Jays LHP Eric Lauer (8-2, 2.76 ERA) is expected to start Wednesday. The Twins have not named a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Guerrero Jr. flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Varsho doubled to center, Springer scored.
	9th Inning	Springer to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Springer singled to right.
	9th Inning	Giménez grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	France struck out swinging.

Statistics

MIN		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	14
9	Strikeouts	7
7	Runs Batted In	5
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	14
1	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
32	At Bats	37
3	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
13	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	1
164	Pitches	169
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
18	Total Bases	22
42	Plate Appearances	39
486.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
3	Extra Base Hits	4
8.2	Runs Created	6.9
.281	Batting Average	.378
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.563	Slugging Percentage	.595
.500	Secondary Average	.216
.415	On Base Percentage	.385
.977	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.979
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
8.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.9
47.0	Batter Rating	44.0
10.7	At Bats Per Home Run	18.5
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.90	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.33
.281	Isolated Power	.216
0.67	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.14
.143	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.026
.219	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.162
14.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
94.8	MLB Rating	97.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0