Toronto Blue Jays at Minnesota Twins

· Major League Baseball

Toronto Blue Jays

67-71, 33-38 Away

Final
15 - 0

Minnesota Twins

73-62, 38-30 Home

Daulton Varsho, Spencer Horwitz homer in 7-run 1st inning as Blue Jays rout Twins, 15-0

Daulton Varsho and Spencer Horwitz each hit two-run home runs in the first inning off Twins starter Zebby Matthews (1-2), giving the Blue Jays a 4-0 lead just four batters into the game. Toronto scored three more runs in the inning off Matthews to take a 7-0 lead before Minnesota’s bats ever got to the plate.

“I felt like towards the end of the game, everybody was running to the bat rack to try and get in there,” Horwitz said. “When you get that energy and the offense kind of rolling, it’s contagious and I think we saw that tonight.”

Matthews lasted just one more inning in his fourth career start. He surrendered another two-run blast in the second, this time off the bat of Addison Barger, to make it a 9-0 Toronto lead.

“It’s obviously very frustrating,” Matthews said. “My job is to go out there and give the team the best chance to win and I didn’t do that tonight.”

Cleveland and Kansas City also lost Saturday, so Minnesota remains 3 1/2 games behind the first-place Guardians and a game back of the second-place Royals in the American League Central.

Saturday tied a Blue Jays franchise record for largest shutout win. Toronto set season highs for both runs (15) and hits (23).

That was more than enough offensive support for Berríos (14-9), who was sharp against his former team. The right-hander allowed just three hits, all singles, and tallied five strikeouts in six innings.

After the game, Toronto manager John Schneider mentioned that Berríos was under the weather. Berríos said he had a fever.

“I want to keep going out there and do my thing to help my team, and I did it,” Berríos said. “It was a challenge for me today.”

Berríos pitched for the Twins from 2016 to 2021, when he was dealt to Toronto at the trade deadline. He is now 4-1 lifetime against Minnesota.

Twins infielder Kyle Farmer pitched the eighth and ninth innings and allowed three runs. It's the second time in his career he’s taken the mound.

Second baseman Will Wagner added a solo homer for Toronto, his second big league homer since debuting on June 26. Wagner finished the game with five hits, the first rookie in Blue Jays history to do so.

“Nothing really phases him,” Schneider said. "I just love the way he goes about it every single day. Simple swing and just understands the game.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Blue Jays: SS Bo Bichette (calf) hasn’t played since July 19, and manager John Schneider said Bichette did some running Saturday, though not on the bases yet. Schneider said the team hopes Bichette will run on the bases in the next few days.

Twins: CF Manny Margot exited Saturday’s game with right groin tightness. He'll undergo an MRI on Sunday morning.

RHP Yariel Rodriguez (1-6, 4.82 ERA) will look for his first win since July 6 as he takes the mound for the Blue Jays in the series finale. Minnesota will start RHP Bailey Ober (12-6, 4.06), who was roughed up for nine runs in just two innings against Atlanta in his last start.

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Matchup Prediction

Twins: 56.8%

Blue Jays: 43.2%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Kepler lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Lewis doubled to left.
	9th Inning	Wallner struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Farmer flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Burr relieved Swanson
	9th Inning	Lukes lined out to second.

Statistics

TOR		MIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
16	Ground Balls	11
9	Strikeouts	8
15	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
23	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
15	Runs	0
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
48	At Bats	31
4	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
24	Runners Left On Base	11
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	1
23	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
202	Pitches	93
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
41	Total Bases	5
53	Plate Appearances	32
648.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
9	Extra Base Hits	1
16.9	Runs Created	-0.1
.479	Batting Average	.129
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.854	Slugging Percentage	.161
.458	Secondary Average	.065
.528	On Base Percentage	.156
1.382	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.318
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
16.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-0.1
105.5	Batter Rating	6.0
12.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.81	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	2.91
.375	Isolated Power	.032
0.44	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.13
.075	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.031
-.021	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.065
30.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.9	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.5	Balls In Play Average	0.2
145.8	MLB Rating	59.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0