Minnesota Twins at Toronto Blue Jays

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Minnesota Twins

9-7, 4-5 Away

Final
8 - 2

Toronto Blue Jays

6-9, 6-6 Home

Tristan Gray hits 3-run homer as Twins rough up Max Scherzer, beat Blue Jays 8-2

Taj Bradley (3-0) allowed one run and five hits in five innings to win his third straight start as the Twins took two of three from Toronto, bouncing back after failing to hold a 4-0 lead in Friday’s opener. Minnesota has won six of seven.

Bradley’s ERA rose from 1.08 to 1.25. He walked four and struck out seven.

Gray homered in the second, his second, and Clemens connected in a five-run third, his second. Victor Caratini had a sacrifice fly and Brooks Lee added a two-run double as the Twins roughed up three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer.

The Twins have homered in 26 consecutive games in Toronto, hitting 55 total homers in that span. Their most recent homerless game in Toronto was Aug. 25, 2017.

Scherzer (1-2) allowed eight runs and five hits in 2 1/3 innings, his second straight losing start. He left his previous outing, last Monday against the Dodgers, after two innings because of forearm tendinitis.

The Blue Jays played without leadoff hitter George Springer, who went on the 10-day injured list before the game because of a fractured left big toe. Springer fouled a ball off his foot in Saturday’s 7-4 loss.

Ernie Clement took over in the leadoff spot. He went 3 for 5 and scored twice.

Eloy Jiménez was promoted from Triple-A Buffalo to replace Springer and started at designated hitter. Jiménez went 2 for 4.

Up next Twins: RHP Bailey Ober (1-0, 5.27 ERA) is scheduled to start against Boston on Monday. LHP Garrett Crochet (2-1, 3.12) goes for the Red Sox.

Blue Jays: RHP Kevin Gausman (0-1, 2.08 ERA) is scheduled to start at Milwaukee on Tuesday against Brewers RHP Jacob Misiorowski 1-1, 3.31).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Okamoto grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Sánchez out at second.
	9th Inning	Sánchez singled to left.
	9th Inning	Guerrero Jr. grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Topa relieved Morris
	9th Inning	Martin in left field.
	9th Inning	Larnach struck out looking.

Statistics

MIN		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	11
12	Strikeouts	9
8	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	12
1	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
33	At Bats	36
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	23
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	3
12	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
145	Pitches	185
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	0
15	Total Bases	15
38	Plate Appearances	41
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	3
4.9	Runs Created	5.5
.242	Batting Average	.333
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.455	Slugging Percentage	.417
.303	Secondary Average	.194
.316	On Base Percentage	.390
.770	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.807
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
4.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.5
49.0	Batter Rating	26.0
16.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.82	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.51
.212	Isolated Power	.083
0.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.44
.053	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.098
.061	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.139
16.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
90.3	MLB Rating	83.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0