Final
Twins, Jays wrap up set north of the border
Jul 7, 2013 - 1:34 PM (Sports Network) - The Minnesota Twins and Toronto Blue Jays will meet up on Sunday in the finale of a three-game series at Rogers Centre.Both of these teams have been on either side of a shutout in the first two games of the series. On Friday, the Blue Jays were powered by Mark Buehrle and Jose Bautista and earned a 4-0 win.
On Saturday, the tables turned as the Twins rolled to a 6-0 victory.
Mike Pelfrey was strong for the Twins as the starting pitcher and he tossed six shutout innings while allowing three hits and as many walks. Brian Dozier was the star on the offensive side and went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI.
The Twins snapped a six-game losing streak with the win.
Maicer Izturis went 3-for-3 for the Blue Jays, but the rest of the team was a combined 1-for-25 without any extra base hits.
R.A. Dickey made the start for Toronto, but let up six runs on seven hits in seven innings of work to take the loss, the fourth in the last five games for the Blue Jays.
Coming off his best start in almost a month, Scott Diamond will try to keep the success going when he starts for the Twins on Sunday.
Diamond, who is 5-7 with an ERA of 5.18 on the campaign, pitched 6 2/3 solid innings against the Yankees last Monday. Diamond allowed three runs, two of which were earned, while tying a season-high with five strikeouts. The Twins still lost the game, 10-4, but it was the first time since June 2 that Diamond held an opponent to fewer than four runs.
This start will mark the third start of Diamond's career, and first of this season, against the Blue Jays. In the first two starts, Diamond has split the decisions while positing an ERA of 1.50 in 12 innings of work.
Todd Redmond will make his first start of the season on Sunday when he gets the ball for the Blue Jays.
Redmond was recalled from Triple A on July 3 after Chien-Ming Wang was designated for assignment. This will be his second appearance since that call up. In the first outing on Wednesday Redmond pitched three scoreless innings of relief in a 6-2 loss to Detroit.
When he makes the start on Sunday, it will be his first since August 18 of last season when Redmond pitched 3 1/3 innings for the Cincinnati Reds in his first career appearance. Redmond has never faced Minnesota.
- Ryan Doumit grounded out short to first to end the game.
Jul 7 4:19 PM - Trevor Plouffe one-out, two-run Home Run (9) to left center scored Eduardo Escobar. Chris Parmelee due up.
Twins 5, Blue Jays 11 Top 8, 1 OutJul 7 3:53 PM - Edwin Encarnacion tripled to right center scored Jose Reyes and Jose Bautista. Runner on third with two outs and Adam Lind due up.
Twins 3, Blue Jays 11 Bot 7, 2 OutsJul 7 3:45 PM - Maicer Izturis singled to center scored Colby Rasmus. Runner on first with one out and Jose Reyes due up.
Twins 3, Blue Jays 9 Bot 7, 1 OutJul 7 3:37 PM - Colby Rasmus doubled to left center scored Rajai Davis. Runner on second with none out and J.P. Arencibia due up.
Twins 3, Blue Jays 8 Bot 7, 0 OutsJul 7 3:31 PM - Adam Lind doubled to right center scored Edwin Encarnacion. Runner on second with two outs and Mark DeRosa due up.
Twins 3, Blue Jays 7 Bot 6, 2 OutsJul 7 3:08 PM - Chris Parmelee grounded into a fielder's choice, first to short scored Ryan Doumit, Trevor Plouffe out at second, Justin Morneau advances to third. Runners on first and third with two outs and Clete Thomas due up.
Twins 3, Blue Jays 6 Top 6, 2 OutsJul 7 2:54 PM - Rajai Davis two-out, three-run Home Run (2) to left scored Edwin Encarnacion and Mark DeRosa. Colby Rasmus due up.
Twins 2, Blue Jays 6 Bot 5, 2 OutsJul 7 2:34 PM - Jose Reyes lead-off Home Run (4) to left. Jose Bautista due up.
Twins 2, Blue Jays 3 Bot 5, 0 OutsJul 7 2:27 PM - Aaron Hicks one-out, two-run Home Run (7) to right scored Clete Thomas. Pedro Florimon due up.
Twins 2, Blue Jays 2 Top 5, 1 OutJul 7 2:20 PM - Colby Rasmus two-out, two-run Home Run (16) to right center scored Rajai Davis. J.P. Arencibia due up.
Twins 0, Blue Jays 2 Bot 4, 2 OutsJul 7 2:07 PM - MINNESOTA: 0
TORONTO: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Jul 7 1:07 PM
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