Minnesota Twins at Toronto Blue Jays

· Major League Baseball

Minnesota Twins

7-7, 2-5 Away

Final
4 - 10

Toronto Blue Jays

6-7, 6-4 Home

Valenzuela hits 1st MLB homer, Blue Jays set season high for runs in 10-4 victory over Twins

Minnesota Twins vs. Toronto Blue Jays: Game Highlights

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had three hits and an RBI to help Toronto win its second straight after losing the previous six.

Davis Schneider had two hits, scored twice and drove in a run as the Blue Jays set a season high in runs and matched a season high in hits. Nine of Toronto’s 14 hits were for extra bases, including seven doubles.

Valenzuela gave Toronto its first lead, 5-4, with a two-out drive off Simeon Woods Richardson in a five-run fourth inning. His homer followed RBI doubles by Jesús Sánchez and Schneider, and an RBI single by Andrés Giménez.

Varsho made it 6-4 with a leadoff homer off Anthony Banda in the fifth, his first of the season and the 100th of his career.

The Twins came in having swept a four-game series against Detroit. Minnesota is 2-5 on the road.

Joe Mantiply (1-0) struck out all three batters he faced to earn the win.

Making his debut with the Blue Jays after signing as a free agent earlier this month, Patrick Corbin allowed four runs and six hits, including two home runs, in four innings.

Ryan Jeffers hit a three-run homer off Corbin in the first, his first. Brooks Lee made it 4-0 with a leadoff homer in the third, his first.

The Twins have at least one home run in 24 consecutive games in Toronto, hitting 51 total homers in those games.

Jeffers went 3 for 3 and was hit by a pitch.

Woods Richardson (0-2) allowed five runs and six hits in four innings.

Up next Blue Jays LHP Eric Lauer (1-1, 4.91 ERA) is expected to start on Saturday afternoon against Twins RHP Joe Ryan (1-1, 4.40).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Martin struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Buxton struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Gray grounded out to second.
	8th Inning	Straw grounded out to second.
	8th Inning	Guerrero Jr. doubled to left, Valenzuela scored.
	8th Inning	Varsho fouled out to third.

Statistics

MIN		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
3	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
12	Strikeouts	4
4	Runs Batted In	10
1	Sacrifice Hit	1
7	Hits	14
1	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	10
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	37
2	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	7
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	1
165	Pitches	146
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
14	Total Bases	27
38	Plate Appearances	40
324.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
3	Extra Base Hits	9
4.7	Runs Created	9.8
.219	Batting Average	.378
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.438	Slugging Percentage	.730
.313	Secondary Average	.405
.324	On Base Percentage	.410
.762	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.140
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
4.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	10.6
32.0	Batter Rating	75.0
16.0	At Bats Per Home Run	18.5
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
4.34	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.65
.219	Isolated Power	.351
0.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.053	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.050
.094	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.027
8.0	Runs Produced	20.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.8
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
80.5	MLB Rating	114.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0