A Santiago Espinal three-run ninth-inning blast to go with earlier solo shots from George Springer, Alejandro Kirk and Matt Chapman fell short in the Toronto Blue Jays' 8-6 rubber-match loss to the Minnesota Twins on Sunday.
Espinal's one-out homer gave the Blue Jays their 22nd round-tripper in their last 11 games. But four batters later, Bo Bichette grounded out to third to end the game, leaving runners on first and third.
Making his fifth start this season, Smeltzer gave up two homers but only four hits. To end the first and to begin the third inning, he got six ground-ball outs, including a double play to escape the first inning. Sanchez then scored on Gio Urshela's ground ball to Bichette. Polanco touched home plate on Jose Miranda's single to centre for a 3-0 lead.Springer smacked his 11th homer down the left-field line in the bottom of the first, but the Twins pushed in two more runs in the second inning.
After Larnach made it 6-2 in the seventh with a homer to right, Chapman smashed his one-out shot to left in the bottom of the inning.
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