The Toronto Blue Jays hit three home runs and starter Jose Berrios had a career-high 13 strikeouts in a 12-3 rout of the Minnesota Twins on Saturday afternoon at Rogers Centre.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette and Alejandro Kirk went deep for the Blue Jays, who won for the ninth time in 10 games.
Berrios gave up a two-run homer to Jorge Polanco in the first inning and a leadoff double to Nick Gordon in the second. The Twins didn't get another hit off the Toronto starter, who walked a pair over his seven-inning appearance. The Blue Jays took the lead with a three-run second inning. Biggio doubled to score Kirk, who led off with a single and moved to second on a Gurriel walk.
The Toronto offence kept at it in the third as Hernandez led off with a triple. Kirk followed with his fourth homer of the year.Guerrero curled a two-run shot inside the left-field foul screen in the fourth inning for his team-leading 12th homer of the season. The Blue Jays made it a blowout with a three-run eighth inning.Right-handers Julian Merryweather and Trent Thornton worked one frame apiece for Toronto. Announced attendance was 36,987 and the game took three hours one minute to play.
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