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Blue Jays

Galvis flied out to center fielder Buxton.

Maile flied out to center fielder Buxton.

McKinney popped out to first baseman Cron.

Twins

Hanson hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Cave, Smoak scored.

Hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Cave, Smoak scored.

Cron homered to left on a 1-1 count, J.Polanco scored, E.Rosario scored.

Homered to left on a 1-1 count, J.Polanco scored, E.Rosario scored.

Smoak singled to left, Galvis scored, Grichuk to third.

Singled to left, Galvis scored, Grichuk to third.

T.Hernández homered to left on a 0-2 count, Grichuk scored, Brito scored.

Homered to left on a 0-2 count, Grichuk scored, Brito scored.

Blue Jays fourth.  Smoak doubled to right.  Hernández singled to left, Smoak to third.  Drury struck out.  Hanson hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Cave, Smoak scored.  Jansen singled to left, Hernández to second.  Maile struck out.

Twins fourth.  Polanco singled to center.  Cruz lined out to left fielder Hernández.  On Shoemaker's wild pitch, Polanco to second.  Rosario walked on a full count.  Cron homered to left on a 1-1 count, Polanco scored, Rosario scored.  Astudillo flied out to left fielder Hernández.  Cave walked.  Schoop safe at first on fielding error by third baseman Drury, Cave to second.  Buxton fouled out to catcher Maile.

Blue Jays eighth.  Mejía pitching.  Galvis singled to left.  Grichuk doubled to right, Galvis to third.  Smoak singled to left, Galvis scored, Grichuk to third.  Brito pinch-running for Smoak.  Hernández homered to left on a 0-2 count, Grichuk scored, Brito scored.  Drury grounded out, shortstop Polanco to first baseman Cron.  Hanson struck out.  Jansen struck out.

 The Blue Jays lost two of three games against Tampa Bay, marking Toronto's fifth straight series to begin the season without a series victory. The Marlins and the Rockies are the only other teams this season that have not won a single series.

 At 8-4, the Twins are off to their best 12-game start in a season since beginning 2010 with a 9-3 record. Minnesota is 4-1 at home this season, with series victories over the Indians and the Tigers.

 The Twins went 4-2 against the Blue Jays last season -- Toronto won the first two games, then Minnesota proceeded to win the final four matchups of the season. The Twins have hit at least one home run in 12 consecutive games against the Blue Jays, their longest active streak against any single opponent.

 Through three career starts with the Blue Jays, Matt Shoemaker is 3-0 with a 0.92 ERA. The only other Blue Jay all-time with three wins and a sub-1.00 ERA through three career starts with the team was Roger Clemens in a Cy Young winning campaign in 1997 (0.42 ERA).

 Nelson Cruz has a .579 slugging percentage in 91 career games against the Blue Jays. That mark ranks fourth all-time among players with at least 300 plate appearances against Toronto, trailing only Ken Griffey Jr. (.600), Jose Canseco (.595) and Albert Belle (.593).

 Minnesota's starting pitchers have limited opposing batters to a .203 batter average, third lowest in MLB. Probable starter Martin Perez has allowed opponents to bat .327 since last season, which ranks last out of 214 pitchers over that time (min. 75 IP).

HP - Estabrook, 1B - Emmel, 2B - Dreckman, 3B - Barber

It took almost three weeks, but No. 5 starter Martin Perez will finally make his first start of the season for the Minnesota Twins on Monday night when they open a four-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays in Minneapolis.
It will be the 129th career start for the 28-year-old left-hander, who signed a one-year free agent contract with the Twins in January following an injury-plagued 2018 season in Texas.

Twins' Perez eager, confident to get start vs. Jays

MINNEAPOLIS (AP)  Teoscar Hernandez had quite the blooper for Toronto on the basepath, a lapse in focus that could have proved costly.
Two innings later, he more than made up for the mistake.

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Toronto Blue Jays @ Minnesota Twins on April 15, 2019

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