Minnesota Twins at Toronto Blue Jays

· Major League Baseball

Minnesota Twins

59-72, 26-41 Away

Final
4 - 10

Toronto Blue Jays

77-55, 43-21 Home

Scherzer wins 3rd straight start, Blue Jays use a big 1st inning for a 10-4 win over Twins

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. added a two-run single as the AL East-leading Blue Jays won for the 30th time in 39 home games.

Scherzer (5-2) allowed four runs and four hits, including two home runs. He struck out five and walked one. The three-time Cy Young Award winner is 10-2 in 19 career starts against the Twins.

Minnesota’s Matt Wallner homered twice off Scherzer, his 18th and 19th, but the Twins lost for the sixth time in seven games.

Twins starter Joe Ryan gave up four runs and four hits in a shaky first inning. Bo Bichette hit an RBI single and a second run scored on Daulton Varsho’s sacrifice fly before Kirk hit a two-run homer, his 11th.

Giménez extended the lead with a 422-foot drive on Ryan’s first pitch of the second. The homer was Giménez’s sixth.

Ryan (12-7) matched a season high by allowing six runs and seven hits in five innings. He lost consecutive starts for the first time this season.

Wallner hit a solo shot in the fourth and a two-run drive in the sixth. It was his first mult-ihomer game of the season and the second of his career.

Guerrero started at designated hitter, his first start since leaving an Aug. 18 game at Pittsburgh because of a sore left hamstring. Guerrero popped out as a pinch hitter in Sunday’s loss at Miami.

Key moment Kirk’s two-out, first-pitch homer in the first capped a four-run inning.

Key stat The Blue Jays are 57-3 when they score five or more runs.

Up next Blue Jays RHP Chris Bassitt (11-7, 4.18 ERA) is scheduled to start Tuesday against Twins RHP Bailey Ober (4-7, 5.05).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Julien grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Lewis popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Clemens walked.
	9th Inning	Jeffers flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Nance relieved Bruihl
	9th Inning	Straw in left field.

Statistics

MIN		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
10	Ground Balls	10
6	Strikeouts	7
4	Runs Batted In	10
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	3
3	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	10
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
32	At Bats	31
2	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	3
16	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
142	Pitches	152
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
11	Total Bases	19
35	Plate Appearances	38
324.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	5
2.6	Runs Created	7.9
.156	Batting Average	.323
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.344	Slugging Percentage	.613
.281	Secondary Average	.548
.229	On Base Percentage	.421
.572	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.034
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
2.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.9
27.0	Batter Rating	65.0
16.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.06	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.188	Isolated Power	.290
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.71
.086	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.132
.125	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.226
8.0	Runs Produced	20.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.4
75.5	MLB Rating	103.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0