{"id":673154,"date":"2026-04-11T09:15:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T09:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/673154\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T09:15:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T09:15:29","slug":"blue-jays-10-twins-4-early-promise-portends-middle-innings-muck-twins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/673154\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays 10, Twins 4: Early Promise Portends Middle-Innings Muck – Twins"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBox Score<\/a>
Simeon Woods Richardson<\/a>: 4 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Home Runs:\u00a0Ryan Jeffers<\/a>, (1) Brooks Lee<\/a> (1)
Bottom 3 WPA:\u00a0Simeon Woods Richardson (-0.37), Anthony Banda<\/a> (-0.18), Josh Bell<\/a> (-0.11)
Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs)\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAh, the yearly foray into Canada. Everyone\u2019s favorite trip. When the team travels to a strange and foreign land less than two hours away from Buffalo by car to play a squad also full of Americans and players of Latin descent. Apparently, their Heinz ketchup is made with Canadian tomatoes. That\u2019s cool.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSimeon Woods Richardson earned the start. His mound opponent, Patrick Corbin<\/a>, was set to make his Blue Jays debut. The veteran\u2014armed with a slew of off-speed tricks\u2014labored lethargically in an unrelenting first. He surrendered singles to Austin Martin<\/a> and Luke Keaschall<\/a> before offering Ryan Jeffers a cookie: a cement-mixing cutter aimed directly down the middle of the plate. The catcher didn\u2019t miss. His blast left the bat at 107.7 MPH and landed 419 feet away.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWoods Richardson\u2014in contrast\u2014was effective. Not quite dominant, the righty nonetheless found outs as they came, limiting the Blue Jays to just a double and a walk in his first three innings of work.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBrooks Lee homered to start the fourth. Minnesota\u2019s win probability was nearly 90%. Martin slugged a double. Keaschall nearly blasted a home run out to dead center. Times were good. The team was in a rhythm tighter than Jeff Porcaro on Toto\u2019s \u201cRosanna.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tThat groove dissipated immediately. Toronto slugged back-to-back doubles to start their half of the fourth, Davis Schneider<\/a> struck yet another two-bagger (with help from a Matt Wallner<\/a> misplay), and Andr\u00e9s Gim\u00e9nez<\/a> singled to bring the game within one. No matter. The backup catcher was hitting; certainly, he wouldn\u2019t hit a go-ahead two-run homer, his first as a big-leaguer.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tAnthony Banda did little to stop the bleeding: Daulton Varsho<\/a> cracked a solo shot off the reliever in the fifth, and even more doubles in the sixth pushed the Blue Jays\u2019 run total to eight.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTaylor Rogers<\/a> came in; Toronto scored again. Justin Topa<\/a> came in; Toronto scored again. All the while, Minnesota’s once potent offense fell silent, as they only put a man in scoring position one time following their fourth and final run. Martin struck out looking to cap a loss that once appeared set to be a promising victory.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n\tNotes:\n<\/p>\n

\n\tRyan Jeffers hit his 69th career home run, the fourth-most by a primary catcher in Twins history. He’s seven behind Earl Battey.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTaylor Rogers appeared in his 320th appearance as a Twin, the 11th-most in team history for a reliever. He’s seven away from tying Al Worthington.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAustin Martin’s season OBP sits at .474.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPost-Game Interview:\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tWhat\u2019s Next?
The Twins and Blue Jays return for a Saturday matinee, as Joe Ryan<\/a> is scheduled to start opposite Eric Lauer<\/a>. First pitch is at 2:07 PM.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

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