Toronto 9, Twins 6 (final)

It was scored an RBI triple and an error. The Upton triple capped off the scoring in the eighth.

Donaldson’s two-run homer (74-56) in the seventh gave Toronto a 6-5 lead and helped extend the Twins’ (49-81) losing streak to 10 games. The 23-year-old rookie tied up the game for the second time on a fielder’s choice RBI. “That one was particularly hard”. “You’ve got a team that’s certainly capable of scoring runs in a hurry and got a little momentum”. That was a tough one to endure, especially those last couple of innings.

TORONTO (AP) – Midway through his first at-bat Sunday, Blue Jays slugger Josh Donaldson was hopping around in pain after fouling a ball off his right knee.

“Even in close games lately, when we’re behind I generally get that feeling”, Gibbons said. We’re happy he’s going to be part of our crew again. “If he hits it in the gap he could turn it in to three”.

RANGERS 2, INDIANS 1: Derek Holland allowed one run over six innings in his second start off the disabled list, new left fielder Carlos Gomez made two highlight-reel catches and AL-best Texas won at home.

Roberto Osuna pitched a flawless ninth with two strikeouts to earn his 29th save of the season. He extended his hit streak to six games and has hit safely in 13 of his last 15 games.

Right-hander Ervin Santana acknowledged that the clubhouse was “a little down” following the defeat. And because the game was actually in Rogers Centre this time, there were many, many more. “A huge game, falling behind like we did there to come back”. He struck out five. According to oddsmakers at BetDSI, the Blue Jays are the clear favorite to win, as they are getting odds of -200 to prevail. That prompted Molitor to pull Gibson from the game for Light, who got Jays catcher Thole to hit into a double play to end the inning. “We’re all very excited”. Sitting just a game ahead of the Boston Red Sox in the division, they only lead the Detroit Tigers (first team now out of the wild-card picture) by four games. Dozier led off with a single, stole second, took third on Joe Mauer’s fly out to left and scored on a wild pitch. Edwin Encarnacion pulled Toronto within one with a sharp RBI infield-single right after. Miguel Sano hit a two-run single. Gibson surrendered a pair of solo home runs on the afternoon, coughing up shots to Josh Donaldson in the third and Troy Tulowitzki in the sixth.

Chris Davis homered twice and Mark Trumbo hit his big league-leading 39th home run for Baltimore.

Just like that the Blue Jays had come back from a 5-0 deficit to beat the Twins 8-7.

Rockies second baseman DJ LeMahieu went 3 for 5 to pass the Nationals’ Daniel Murphy for the NL batting lead. Both Kevin Pillar and Upton Jr. jetted around the bases on the miraculous play that put the Blue Jays ahead 8-7 in the eighth inning.

Smoak also hit RBI singles in the third and seventh.