Toronto center fielder Kevin Kiermaier (wrist) did not start for the second straight game on Saturday. The native of Quebec City was playing his first career game in Toronto.
Julien had a double, a single and a walk on Saturday. Minnesota recalled infielder Edouard Julien from Triple-A St. He had been reinstated from the IL on June 1 after missing 12 games with a hamstring issue. In 10 career starts against Minnesota, he is 1-4 with a 5.88 ERA.īefore the game Saturday, Minnesota placed infielder Jorge Polanco (left hamstring strain.) on the injured list. Gausman was the winning pitcher on May 26, allowing one run on four hits and five walks in 5 1/3 innings. The Blue Jays' scheduled starter is right-hander Kevin Gausman (5-3, 2.63). He had three strikeouts in the Twins' 3-1 defeat. In his only career appearance against Toronto, he took the loss May 26 when he allowed three runs on seven hits and no walks in six innings. The Twins are scheduled to start right-hander Louie Varland (3-2, 4.40 ERA) in the series finale. To just turn the game upside down like that, it was a great one."
"It's a bunt single and a broken-bat single, and things unraveled from there," Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. Correa's decisive home run came with one out against Toronto reliever Adam Cimber. Taylor's bunt hit followed by two more singles that loaded the bases with none out. The seven-run eighth started with Michael A. We've been waiting for that for the past week. "We needed to put great at- bats together like that. "We needed that (big inning) as a team," Correa said. The home run on Saturday was his eighth of the season and his second career grand slam. 366 (15-for-41) with two doubles, four home runs, and 16 RBIs. In 10 career games in Toronto, Correa is hitting. The Blue Jays took a 3-0 lead into seventh when Minnesota's Trevor Larnach hit a solo shot, an omen of things to come. The Twins, who dropped two of three to the Blue Jays May 26-28 in Minneapolis, have won 12 of their past 15 games in Toronto.Ĭarlos Correa hit a grand slam and Max Kepler added a three-run blast when the Twins erupted for seven runs in the eighth inning on Saturday. They had scored a total of 10 runs over their previous seven contests. June 11 - The visiting Minnesota Twins regained their hitting touch Saturday, and they hope it continues Sunday afternoon when they go for a three-game sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays.Īfter struggling at the plate recently, the Twins scored all of their runs in the final three innings of their 9-4 win over the Blue Jays on Saturday.
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