Blue Jays aim to keep win streak going against Twins
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Instead, Willi Castro homered in his second straight at-bat to pull Minnesota within a run. Byron Buxton then singled, stole second, and scored on Trevor Larnach's game-tying RBI knock. Just like that,
As recently as three weeks ago, it would have been hard to imagine the Twins mustering a comeback win like the one they managed Saturday. These days, it’s almost harder to imagine they won’t find a way to win.
The Twins received a major spark on Friday after Byron Buxton’s return to the active lineup against the Mariners.
In dominant fashion, the Minnesota Twins handed the Athletics their 7th straight loss and capitalized on their mountain of mistakes.
Ryan Jeffers hit a solo shot in the first inning and an RBI single in the ninth, Harrison Bader added a two-run homer and Minnesota Twins extended the Athletics’s losing streak to nine games with a 6-1 win .
Brooks Lee gave Minnesota its second walk-off win in as many days as his ninth-inning RBI single lifted the Twins to a comeback victory over Kansas City in Minneapolis.
"(Joe's fifth inning) didn't start too great. It finished with probably one of the more impressive pitch-making sequences that you'll see."
MINNEAPOLIS — Griffin Jax left an elevated changeup to Toronto Blue Jay designated hitter George Springer in the eighth inning Saturday, and he started talking to himself as soon as Springer hit the ball.