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Whit Merrifield scored the winning run with an overturn-out call in the 10th at-bat, causing controversy on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis in Minneapolis in the Toronto Blue Jays' 3–2 victory. Merrifield was initially called at home on Cavan's Vizio sacrifice fly, but Toronto saw catcher his Gary Sanchez catch Tim his Beckham throw from shallow left field to plate. successfully contested blocking the way to Minnesota manager Rocco Baldelli was ejected for arguing a call as boos rained down on the target field.
All-Star His reliever Jordan Romano (4-3) allowed a tie-breaker in the bottom of the ninth inning to clinch a 1-2-3 win for his 10th. rice field.
Teoscar Hernandez had his two RBI and one on his 2-for-4, Bo Bichette had his double and one, and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had his two. extended his career-high streak of on-base streak to 20 games. Toronto's RBI single snapped a two-game losing streak to earn a four-game series split with the Twins.
American his league batting his leader, Luis Alaez, went 3-for-5 in RBI. This was his second straight three-hit game for him, with Josemaranda, Jorge Polanco and Sanchez each scoring his two hits for Minnesota. Caleb Thielbar (2-1) was tagged as a loser.
Toronto took the lead in his second inning with Hernández scoring a ground ball left single and Bichette lining up a double to the wall in right center field to give him a 1–0 lead.
The Blue Jays extended their lead to 2-0 in the third round. Biggio led with a double off the scoreboard in right center field and scored on Gurriel's single to center.
Minnesota took a 2–1 lead in the eighth inning against reliever Imi Garcia. Polanco took the lead on a single to right and advanced to second on Garcia's balk. Miranda then drove in a single to center on Polanco. It was the first earned run Garcia allowed since June 15 against Baltimore and covered 12 games.
The Twins tied the game against Romano, who hit pinch-hitter Carlos Correa in the bottom of the ninth inning. Beckham pinch-ran for Correa and Sanchez's one-out he singled to advance him to third before scoring on the right side of Ares where he singled to set the stage for a controversial finish.
Toronto starter Kevin Gaussman went 0-4 with a 7.30 ERA in his eight starts against Minnesota, allowing him to hit five in six shutout innings. . He didn't walk a hitter and stole 5.
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