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Saturday's Twins-Toronto game recap

The Twins have hit at least one home run in each of their past 16 games in Toronto.

By Bobby Nightengale

June 10, 2023 at 10:06PM
Toronto Blue Jays' George Springer (4) dives for home plate and collides with Minnesota Twins catcher Ryan Jeffers (27) during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Saturday, June 10, 2023. (Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press via AP)
Blue Jays star George Springer collided with Twins catcher Ryan Jeffers during the fifth inning Saturday. (Arlyn McAdorey, Canadian Press via AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

IMPACT PLAYER: Carlos Correa, Twins

The Twins had only one extra-base hit with the bases loaded this season before Correa put the Twins ahead with a grand slam in the eighth inning.

BY THE NUMBERS

7 Runs the Twins scored in their previous five games before Saturday.

16 Consecutive Twins games with a homer at Rogers Centre. It's the second-longest streak by the Twins at a road ballpark since a 21-game streak at Kansas City's Kauffman Stadium.

17 Twins strikeouts, a season high. It's the most they have struck out in a game since 17 strikeouts in a loss to the Yankees on Sept. 7, 2022.

about the writer

Bobby Nightengale

Minnesota Twins reporter

Bobby Nightengale joined the Star Tribune in May, 2023, after covering the Reds for the Cincinnati Enquirer for five years. He's a graduate of Bradley University.

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