The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 3-1 on May 26, 2023 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Bo Bichette went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Blue Jays.
- Kevin Gausman pitched 5.1 innings for the Blue Jays, allowing 1 earned run with 8 strikeouts.
- Donovan Solano went 1-for-4 for the Twins.
- Louis Varland pitched 6.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 3 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
Toronto Blue Jays box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Springer | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Chapman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Whit Merrifield | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Bichette | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Daulton Varsho | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alejandro Kirk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Belt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Gausman | 5.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Jordan Romano | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Swanson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Nate Pearson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Mayza | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 0 |
Minnesota Twins box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Buxton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Donovan Solano | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Farmer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Carlos Correa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Christian Vazquez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Willi Castro | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edouard Julien | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Wallner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Gallo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Varland | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Emilio Pagan | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
Before and after
- Blue Jays · 2023 season · Previous May 25, 2023: TOR 3, TB 6 · Next May 27, 2023: TOR 7, MIN 9
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