Jays hold on for victory against Twins after early power surge

Justin Smoak and Russell Martin homered, Yangervis Solarte had three hits and the Toronto Blue Jays edged the Minnesota Twins for a 7-5 win on Monday night time. Smoak hit a towering, two-run shot to cap a three-run fourth inning to stake Toronto to a 5-Zero lead. Martin added a solo homer to the second deck in left discipline an inning later because the Blue Jays received their second recreation in a row. The Twins have misplaced 10 of their previous 11 video games. Even with slugger Josh Donaldson on the disabled listing and Jose Bautista gone, Toronto is powering up once more. The Blue Jays entered the night time tied for second within the majors in residence runs. Aaron Sanchez (2-2) was the beneficiary of the run assist. He pitched six innings and allowed 4 runs and 6 hits and three walks. Roberto Osuna allowed two hits within the ninth, however stranded runners at second and third to earn his seventh save in eight probabilities. Lynn struggles Minnesota’s Lance Lynn (0-3) struggled along with his command once more and could not get previous the fifth inning for the fourth time in 5 begins this season. Lynn gave up six runs in 5 innings. He allowed seven hits and walked 5 batters. He has an 8.37 ERA for the season. At one level, he threw 9 straight balls and he walked Curtis Granderson with the bases loaded within the second. Eduardo Escobar hit his fourth homer of the season for Minnesota, a two-run blast to the berm in straightaway heart within the fifth. Max Kepler had three hits, together with an RBI double within the seventh, however Logan Morrison popped out with two runners on within the inning against reliever Danny Barnes. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/toronto-blue-jays-minnesota-twins-mlb-recap-1.4642306?cmp=rss