{"id":597929,"date":"2026-04-11T22:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T22:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/597929\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T22:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T22:53:08","slug":"minnesota-twins-score-seven-in-third-inning-in-win-over-toronto-blue-jays-george-springer-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/597929\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Twins score seven in third inning in win over Toronto; Blue Jays’ George Springer injured"},"content":{"rendered":"

TORONTO \u2014 The Minnesota Twins<\/a> homered twice in a seven-run third inning that propelled them to a 7-4 come-from-behind win against the Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> at the Rogers Centre on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Trevor Larnach<\/a> launched a three-run home run to right field off Blue Jays starter Eric Lauer<\/a> (1-2), capping off the inning that helped the Twins erase an early two-run deficit. The win levelled the series at one game apiece.<\/p>\n

Beyond the loss, the Blue Jays suffered another blow when designated hitter George Springer<\/a> exited the game with a left big toe fracture. It was not immediately clear how Springer sustained the injury.<\/p>\n

Twins shortstop Brooks Lee<\/a> opened the third inning with a solo home run to left field. Catcher Ryan Jeffers<\/a> walked with the bases loaded to tie the game. Josh Bell<\/a> hit a two-RBI single to centre field to give the Twins the lead before Larnach extended the cushion to five runs with his first home run of the season.<\/p>\n

Twins starter Joe Ryan<\/a> (2-1) held the Blue Jays to two earned runs on two hits over seven innings with five strikeouts and a walk.<\/p>\n

The Blue Jays scored all their runs off the long ball. Daulton Varsho<\/a> hit a two-run home run in the first inning to give the Blue Jays the early lead. Jesus Sanchez<\/a> smacked a two-run homer in the ninth inning.<\/p>\n

TAKEAWAYS<\/p>\n

Blue Jays: Laurer was making his first start since recovering from a flu bug that swept through the Blue Jays\u2019 clubhouse recently. The left-hander cruised for the first two innings before giving up seven runs on five hits and two walks in the bat-around third inning for the Twins. Lauer, however, managed to steady himself enough to pitch into the sixth inning.<\/p>\n

Twins: Lee started the rally for the Twins with a solo shot in the third inning. He added a single in the sixth.<\/p>\n

KEY MOMENT<\/p>\n

Bell\u2019s bloop single dropped in front of Varsho in centre field, scoring two and contributing to the Twins\u2019 eventual seven-run third inning.<\/p>\n

KEY STAT<\/p>\n

The win improved the Twins\u2019 road record to 3-5.<\/p>\n

COMING UP<\/p>\n

Blue Jays right-hander Max Scherzer<\/a> (1-1, 3.38 earned-run average) is scheduled to start the series finale on Sunday afternoon against Twins right-hander Taj Bradley<\/a> (2-0, 1.08 ERA).<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 11, 2026.<\/p>\n

Kaitlyn McGrath, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 The Minnesota Twins homered twice in a seven-run third inning that propelled them to a 7-4…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,82,3302],"class_list":{"0":"post-597929","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-toronto"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}