TORONTO – Carlos Santana’s go-ahead home run in the fifth inning lifted the Minnesota Twins over the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 on Friday.
Joe Ryan struck out seven over seven innings, giving up one run on six hits. Jhoan Duran and Griffin Jax came out of the Twins bullpen to preserve the win. Yusei Kikuchi pitched eight efficient innings, allowing two runs on four hits, striking out three. Nate Pearson and Genesis Cabrera came out of the Blue Jays bullpen, with Pearson giving up a run.It was the first time the two teams had met since Toronto manager John Schneider made the controversial decision to pull starting pitcher Jose Berrios after three innings for Kikuchi in the Blue Jays’ 2-0 loss to Minnesota in the decisive game of last year’s American League wild-card series.
Santana answered back for the Twins in the fifth with his fifth homer of the season. He sent a 97.4 m.p.h. four-seam fastball from Kikuchi 342 feet, bouncing the ball off the signage above a standing-bar area in right field to ricochet back into play.Cricket Night cross-promotes ball-and-bat sportsKepler, pinch hitting for Miranda, hit a dribbler to shallow right field off of Cabrera with two outs in the ninth for a 3-1 lead. That scored Correa, who had doubled off Pearson.
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