Blue Jays edge Twins for fourth straight spring training win
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DUNEDIN — Josh Rivera hit the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Minnesota Twins 3-2 in spring training action on Tuesday.
Rivera’s RBI capped three unanswered runs by Toronto, which has won four straight in Grapefruit League play.
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Bo Bichette put the Jays on the board in the sixth with a sacrifice fly that scored Myles Straw, and Daulton Varsho homered to centre field in the seventh to tie the game.
Jose Miranda’s two-run homer for Minnesota opened the scoring in the top of the sixth inning.
Pitcher Chris Bassitt gave up two hits and two walks, while striking out four batters in 4 2/3 innings as Toronto’s starter. Minnesota starter Andrew Morris surrendered one hit and struck out three in three innings.
The Jays next host the Baltimore Orioles in Dunedin, Fla., on Thursday.
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