Blue Jays routed 7-1 by Twins as Buxton hits third homer in four games
The Minnesota Twins defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1 in the first game of a four-game series, led by strong performances from Byron Buxton and Ryan Jeffers. Buxton hit his third home run in four games, while Jeffers delivered a go-ahead two-run homer. Twins pitcher Bailey Ober earned the win, and their bullpen held the Blue Jays to one run over the final two innings.
- ▪Byron Buxton hit his team-leading eighth home run of the season and went 3 for 4 at the plate.
- ▪Ryan Jeffers hit a two-run home run that gave the Twins a 2-1 lead they would not relinquish.
- ▪Bailey Ober pitched six-plus innings, allowing four runs on four hits, to improve to 3-1 on the season.
- ▪The Twins bullpen, entering with a 5.30 ERA, combined for two-hit relief over the final two innings.
- ▪Throwing errors by Toronto's Kazuma Okamoto and Andrés Giménez led to two unearned runs in a three-run eighth inning.
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Open this photo in gallery:Byron Buxton of the Minnesota Twins celebrates a solo home run against the Toronto Blue Jays in the sixth inning.Steven Garcia/Getty ImagesShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountByron 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.
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