Minnesota Twins at Toronto Blue Jays

· Major League Baseball

Minnesota Twins

60-73, 27-42 Away

Final
8 - 9

Toronto Blue Jays

78-56, 44-22 Home

Addison Barger hits go-ahead double in 8th as Blue Jays rally to beat Twins 9-8

Toronto trailed 8-6 heading to the bottom of the eighth against reliever Génesis Cabrera, but pinch-hitter Ty France cut the deficit to one with his second home run of the season.

Pinch-hitter Alejandro Kirk chased Cabrera with a single and Michael Tonkin (2-1) walked George Springer before Barger doubled off the wall in right.

Davis Schneider homered twice and Andrés Giménez also connected for the Blue Jays. Toronto is 58-4 when scoring five or more.

Schneider hit a two-out homer in the second and a leadoff drive in the fourth in his third career multihomer game. The homers were his ninth and 10th.

Seranthony Domínguez (3-4) got two outs for the win and Jeff Hoffman finished for his 29th save in 36 chances.

Minnesota's Byron Buxton hit two solo home runs, and Brooks Lee and Luke Keaschall also hit solo blasts.

Buxton opened the game with his 16th career leadoff homer, then went deep again in the third. The homers were his 26th and 27th. It was Buxton’s 16th career multihomer game.

Keaschall homered in the third, his fourth. Lee went deep in the fifth, his 14th.

Key moment Toronto’s Daulton Varsho made a spectacular leaping catch to retire Lee in the third.

Key stat The Twins extended their club-record homer streak in Toronto top 23. . They’ve gone deep 45 times at Rogers Centre in a streak that began Aug. 26, 2017.

Up next Twins: RHP Zebby Matthews (3-4, 5.30 ERA) was scheduled to start against San Diego on Friday night. The Padres had not announced a starter.

Blue Jays: RHP Shane Bieber (1-0, 1.50 ERA) was expected to start against at home Milwaukee RHP Freddy Peralta (15-5, 2.68) on Friday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Lee grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Keaschall doubled to left.
	9th Inning	Wallner struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Jeffers lined out to right.
	9th Inning	Hoffman relieved Domínguez
	9th Inning	Kirk catching.

Statistics

MIN		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	9
10	Strikeouts	9
7	Runs Batted In	9
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	12
5	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	9
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
39	At Bats	36
4	Home Runs	4
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
19	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
164	Pitches	156
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	3
0	Pinch Hits	2
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
26	Total Bases	26
41	Plate Appearances	40
648.0	Projected Home Runs	648.0
6	Extra Base Hits	6
9.5	Runs Created	9.9
.308	Batting Average	.333
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.667
.667	Slugging Percentage	.722
.538	Secondary Average	.528
.341	On Base Percentage	.400
1.008	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.122
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
9.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	11.1
63.0	Batter Rating	65.0
9.8	At Bats Per Home Run	9.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.00	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.90
.359	Isolated Power	.389
0.20	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.44
.049	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.100
.231	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.194
15.0	Runs Produced	18.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.8
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
104.5	MLB Rating	108.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0