The Minnesota Twins beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 on Jun 9, 2023 at Rogers Centre.
Final · Rogers Centre
Top performers
- Michael A. Taylor went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Twins.
- Sonny Gray pitched 5.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 1 earned run with 5 strikeouts.
- George Springer went 2-for-2 with 1 RBI for the Blue Jays.
- Yusei Kikuchi pitched 5.0 innings for the Blue Jays, allowing 2 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Vazquez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Willi Castro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Royce Lewis | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donovan Solano | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Carlos Correa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Farmer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Larnach | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Kepler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Gray | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Jhoan Duran | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Brock Stewart | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Griffin Jax | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jovani Moran | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 10.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Belt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Matt Chapman | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Bichette | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Daulton Varsho | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Whit Merrifield | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| George Springer | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Heineman | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cavan Biggio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alejandro Kirk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 35 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yusei Kikuchi | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Nate Pearson | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yimi Garcia | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Erik Swanson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tim Mayza | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2023 season · Previous Jun 8, 2023: MIN 2, TB 4 · Next Jun 10, 2023: MIN 9, TOR 4
- Blue Jays · 2023 season · Previous Jun 8, 2023: HOU 2, TOR 3 · Next Jun 10, 2023: MIN 9, TOR 4