Justin Smoak and Russell Martin homered, Yangervis Solarte had three hits and Toronto edged the Minnesota Twins for a 7-5 win on Monday night.
Smoak hit a towering, two-run shot to cap a three-run fourth inning to stake the Blue Jays to a 5-0 lead. Martin added a solo homer to the second deck in left field an inning later as Toronto won its second game in a row.
Minnesota has lost 10 of its past 11 games after a rally against closer Roberto Osuna fell short in the ninth. The Twins stranded runners on second and third as Osuna secured his seventh save in eight chances.
Lance Lynn (0-3) struggled with his command again and couldn’t get past the fifth inning for the fourth time in five starts this season. Lynn gave up six runs in five innings.
Eduardo Escobar hit his fourth homer of the season for Minnesota, a two-run blast to straightaway center in the fifth.
Max Kepler had three hits, including an RBI double in the seventh, but Logan Morrison popped out with two runners on in the inning against reliever Danny Barnes.
