US EditionTWINS POSTCAST: Twins AVOID SWEEP After Back-To-Back Home Runs vs. Blue Jays
- The Minnesota Twins ended their three-game losing streak with a 6-3 victory over Toronto at Target Field on Sunday, preventing a series sweep.
- The Twins erased a 3-2 deficit early in the fourth inning when Brooks Lee and Christian Vázquez each hit consecutive homers, giving Minnesota the lead.
- Starting pitcher Joe Ryan improved to 7-2 by pitching five innings with 92 pitches and allowing two earned runs, while the bullpen preserved the lead with scoreless innings.
- Manager Rocco Baldelli commended the team's focused and disciplined effort at the plate, noting that players throughout the batting order aggressively targeted specific pitches, which helped generate eight walks and 12 hits.
- The win halted the Blue Jays' four-game winning streak and kept the Twins' record even at 35-30, highlighting contributions from the lineup's bottom four hitters who produced most of the offense.
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Pioneer Press
Bottom’s up: Twins’ last four batters fuel offense in win over Toronto
How about shouting a “hip, hooray” for the bottom of the Twins’ batting order? Brooks Lee and Christian Vázquez, the Twins’ Nos. 8 and 9 hitters, hit back-to-back home runs, Willi Castro, batting sixth, had three hits, and Minnesota beat Toronto 6-3 Sunday at Target Field to end a three-game slide. Eight of Minnesota’s 12 hits came from its bottom four hitters. Through five innings, all seven Twins hits and five runs came from that quartet. “We’…
Idaho Press
Lee and Vázquez go back to back to power Twins past Blue Jays 6-3 and avoid series sweep
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Brooks Lee and Christian Vázquez hit back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning and the Minnesota Twins beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 on Sunday to avoid a sweep and snap a three-game skid.
Henry Herald
Marietta Daily JournalBack-to-back jacks help Twins take down Blue Jays
Brooks Lee and Christian Vazquez hit consecutive home runs and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 6-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.
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