Toronto Blue Jays at Minnesota Twins
Final
Recap
MINNEAPOLIS -- Kazuma Okamoto hit his third home run in two days, Brandon Valenzuela homered in an eight-run eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 11-4 Saturday afternoon. Lenyn Sosa and Myles Straw also went deep for Toronto, which scored a season high in runs while winning for the sixth time in eight games, but saw George Springer leave with an injury. Byron Buxton homered for the Twins for the third straight game and fifth in six outings, but the beleaguered Minnesota bullpen cost the team again.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteTOR -139 · 56% to win
WonRun LineTOR -1.5
CoveredTotalO/U 8 · 15 scored
OverAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
9Hits7
4Home runs1
5Walks1
5Strikeouts7
0Stolen bases0
133Pitches thrown163
7Pitching strikeouts5
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesus SanchezPR-DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie ClementSS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Myles StrawRF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Daulton VarshoCF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lenyn Sosa2B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| George SpringerDH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon ValenzuelaC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kazuma Okamoto3B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr.1B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Davis SchneiderLF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 36 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer MilesP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan CeaseP | 7.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Mason FluhartyP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |