Toronto Blue Jays at Minnesota Twins
Final
Recap
MINNEAPOLIS -- Byron Buxton homered for the third time in four games and Ryan Jeffers hit a go-ahead, two-run drive that led the Minnesota Twins over the Toronto Blue Jays 7- 1 on Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series. Daulton Varsho homered off Bailey Ober (3-1) in the fourth and Jeffers put the Twins ahead to stay at 2-1 in the bottom half against Kevin Gausman (2-2). Buxton homered two innings later, his team-leading eighth, and Austin Martin added an RBI single later in the sixth. Buxton was 3 for 4 in his third three-hit game this season.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteTOR -133 · 55% to win
UpsetRun LineTOR -1.5
MIN coveredTotalO/U 8 · 8 scored
PushAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
6Hits7
1Home runs2
3Walks4
2Strikeouts6
1Stolen bases1
144Pitches thrown133
6Pitching strikeouts2
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr.1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daulton VarshoCF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ernie Clement2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Davis SchneiderPH-LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazuma Okamoto3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Andres GimenezSS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesus SanchezRF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yohendrick PinangoLF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brandon ValenzuelaC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George SpringerDH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 32 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe MantiplyP | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason FluhartyP | 0.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Tommy NanceP | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Kevin GausmanP | 5.2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |