The Minnesota Twins beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 on Oct 3, 2023 in the postseason at Target Field.
Final · Postseason · Target Field
Top performers
- Kevin Kiermaier went 2-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Blue Jays.
- Kevin Gausman pitched 4.0 innings for the Blue Jays, allowing 3 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Royce Lewis went 2-for-3 with 2 home runs and 3 RBI for the Twins.
- Pablo Lopez pitched 5.2 innings for the Twins, allowing 1 earned run 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Belt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Matt Chapman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Bichette | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cavan Biggio | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Daulton Varsho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alejandro Kirk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Whit Merrifield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
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 | 4.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Jordan Hicks | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Erik Swanson | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Genesis Cabrera | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tim Mayza | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 6.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jorge Polanco | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Max Kepler | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carlos Correa | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Royce Lewis | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Wallner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Edouard Julien | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Donovan Solano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Farmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Willi Castro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 28 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pablo Lopez | 5.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Griffin Jax | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jhoan Duran | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Louis Varland | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
Before and after
- Blue Jays · 2023 season · Previous Oct 1, 2023: TB 12, TOR 8 · Next Oct 4, 2023: TOR 0, MIN 2
- Twins · 2023 season · Previous Oct 1, 2023: MIN 2, COL 3 · Next Oct 4, 2023: TOR 0, MIN 2