Three things: Jays streak ends at eight on a night for long-ball lovers

Three issues you might want to know concerning the Blue Jays’ 9-3 loss to the Minnesota Twins on the Rogers Centre on Friday night time:

Double dong

A pair of Twins hit a pair of residence runs every, powering the guests to a victory that snapped the Jays’ win streak at eight video games.

Kyle Garlick took Yusei Kikuchi deep with a runner on within the first inning for an early two-run lead, then belted a solo shot within the third after blasting a pair of deep foul balls down the left-field line.

Rookie Juan Miranda — cousin of playwright/performer Lin-Manuel Miranda — had his first profession multi-homer recreation. His solo shot gave the Twins the lead again within the second after the Jays had tied it, and he offered some insurance coverage with a two-run homer off Trevor Richards within the sixth.

The pair’s pair of lengthy balls accounted for two-thirds of the Twins’ runs.

Thumped

Harking back to the dangerous previous days of April and most of Could, the Jays’ bats misplaced their thump early within the night time.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s third-inning solo residence run, his team-leading eleventh large fly of the yr, was the final hit they’d get. They managed solely three walks the remainder of the way in which.

They had been particularly baffled by reliever Jharel Cotton, who retired the facet so as within the fifth and sixth. Ten of his 14 pitches within the fifth inning had been changeups, together with 4 in a row to strike out Guerrero.

Springer dinger

George Springer belted starter Chi Chi Gonzalez’s second pitch of the night 411 ft to right-centre to briefly tie Guerrero for the membership lead with 10 residence runs. It was Springer’s forty ninth profession leadoff homer, shifting him into sole possession of fourth place on the all-time MLB checklist behind solely Rickey Henderson, Alfonso Soriano and Craig Biggio.

Mike Wilner is a Toronto-based baseball columnist for the Star and host of the baseball podcast “Deep Left Subject.” Comply with him on Twitter: @wilnerness

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