Minnesota Twins at Toronto Blue Jays

· Major League Baseball

Minnesota Twins

8-7, 3-5 Away

Final
7 - 4

Toronto Blue Jays

6-8, 6-5 Home

Trevor Larnach hits 3-run homer in 7-run 3rd inning as Twins beat Blue Jays 7-4

Minnesota Twins vs. Toronto Blue Jays: Game Highlights

Blue Jays designated hitter George Springer left in the sixth inning because of a fractured big toe on his left foot. Springer fouled a ball off his foot in the third inning but completed his at bat, grounding out to third base.

Twins right-hander Joe Ryan (2-1) allowed two runs and two hits in seven innings to win his second straight start.

Lee started the decisive third inning with his second home run in two games and second this season. Ryan Jeffers drew a bases-loaded walk and Josh Bell drove in two runs with a bloop single to shallow center.

Larnach capped the inning with a 398-foot drive to right, his first homer of 2026.

The Twins have homered in 25 consecutive games in Toronto, hitting 53 total homers in that span. Their last game without a homer in Toronto was August 25, 2017.

Daulton Varsho and Jesús Sánchez hit two-run home runs for Toronto.

Blue Jays left-hander Eric Lauer (1-2) allowed seven runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings. He walked five and struck out three.

Springer walked to begin the game and scored when Varsho homered for the second consecutive game, his second homer.

Ryan responded by retiring 20 of the final 22 batters he faced. Ryan hit Nathan Lukes to begin the second before Ernie Clement grounded into a double play.

Toronto slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. singled off Ryan to begin the fourth, but the next three batters flied out.

Sánchez homered off Cole Sands in the ninth, his second of the season.

Up next Blue Jays RHP Max Scherzer (1-1, 3.38 ERA) is scheduled to face Twins RHP Taj Bradley (2-0, 1.08) in Sunday’s series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Clement grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Lukes lined out to first.
	9th Inning	Schneider grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Sánchez homered to right center (406 feet), Guerrero Jr. scored.
	9th Inning	Guerrero Jr. singled to center.
	9th Inning	Sands relieved Funderburk

Statistics

MIN		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
10	Ground Balls	12
5	Strikeouts	5
7	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	31
2	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
16	Fly Balls	14
1	Caught Stealing	0
138	Pitches	130
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	11
37	Plate Appearances	34
324.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
3.6	Runs Created	2.3
.194	Batting Average	.161
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.387	Slugging Percentage	.355
.355	Secondary Average	.258
.324	On Base Percentage	.235
.711	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.590
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
3.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.3
40.0	Batter Rating	27.0
15.5	At Bats Per Home Run	15.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.73	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.82
.194	Isolated Power	.194
1.20	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.162	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.059
.161	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.097
14.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.1
84.8	MLB Rating	76.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0