AL: MINNESOTA at TORONTO <div class="pre">MINNESOTA (4) VS TORONTO (6) - FINAL MINNESOTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg L Castillo 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .304 J Bartlett ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .260 J Mauer c 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .308 J Morneau 1b 4 2 2 3 0 1 1 .293 T Hunter cf 4 1 2 1 0 2 0 .302 J Kubel lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247 R White dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .077 J Tyner rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .275 N Punto 3b 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .218 Totals 35 4 10 4 0 4 7 BATTING: 2B - T Hunter (26, J Accardo). 3B - J Mauer (3, S Marcum). HR - J Morneau 2 (28, 2nd inning off S Marcum 0 on, 0 Out, 4th inning off S Marcum 1 on, 0 Out), T Hunter (21, 6th inning off S Marcum 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - J Morneau 3 (85), T Hunter (73). 2-out RBI - T Hunter. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Tyner 1. Team LOB - 4. BASERUNNING: CS - N Punto (4, 2nd base by S Marcum/C Thigpen). FIELDING: E - L Castillo (3, ground ball). DP: 1 (J Bartlett-L Castillo-J Morneau). TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg R Johnson lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .235 A Rios rf 4 2 2 1 0 2 0 .308 T Glaus 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .280 V Wells cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .252 F Thomas dh 3 2 2 4 1 0 0 .254 A Hill 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .276 M Stairs 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .276 G Zaun c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 C Thigpen c 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .263 a-L Overbay ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 R Clayton ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .254 Totals 31 6 7 6 2 7 5 a-lined out to third for C Thigpen in the 6th. BATTING: 2B - A Rios (28, J Santana). HR - R Johnson (2, 1st inning off J Santana 0 on, 0 Out), F Thomas 2 (16, 1st inning off J Santana 1 on, 2 Out, 5th inning off J Santana 1 on, 2 Out), A Rios (20, 3rd inning off J Santana 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - R Johnson (9), F Thomas 4 (50), A Rios (59). 2-out RBI - F Thomas 4. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Johnson 1. GIDP - R Clayton. Team LOB - 3. FIELDING: DP: 1 (M Stairs-C Thigpen-T Glaus-R Clayton-T Glaus-R Clayton). ---------------------------------------------------- MINNESOTA - 010 201 000 -- 4 TORONTO - 301 020 00x -- 6 ---------------------------------------------------- MINNESOTA ip h r er bb so hr era J Santana (L, 11-8) 5 7 6 6 2 4 4 2.94 R Ortiz 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.27 J Rincon 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.67 TORONTO ip h r er bb so hr era S Marcum (W, 6-4) 6 8 4 4 0 3 3 3.87 C Janssen (H, 16) 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.28 S Downs (H, 17) 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.33 J Accardo (S, 16) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.61 Pitches-strikes: J Santana 92-58; R Ortiz 21-17; J Rincon 13-10; S Marcum 87-56; C Janssen 15-11; S Downs 7-4; J Accardo 15-10. Ground balls-fly balls: J Santana 6-5; R Ortiz 2-2; J Rincon 1-1; S Marcum 7-6; C Janssen 3-2; S Downs 1-0; J Accardo 0-2. Batters faced: J Santana 24; R Ortiz 6; J Rincon 3; S Marcum 24; C Janssen 5; S Downs 2; J Accardo 4. UMPIRES: HP--Jim Wolf. 1B--Rob Drake. 2B--Tim Tschida. 3B--Jim Joyce. T--2:28. Att--26,091. Weather: 77 degrees, overcast. Wind: 9 mph, out to left.</div>
AL: MINNESOTA at TORONTO <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MINNESOTA (4) AT TORONTO (6) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TORONTO 1ST: R Johnson homered to left. A Rios struck out swinging. T Glaus flied out to center. V Wells singled to left. F Thomas homered to center, V Wells scored. A Hill safe at first on error by second baseman L Castillo. M Stairs struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error) MINNESOTA 0, TORONTO 3. MINNESOTA 2ND: J Morneau homered to center. T Hunter struck out looking. J Kubel flied out to right. R White flied out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 1, TORONTO 3. TORONTO 3RD: A Rios homered to left. T Glaus struck out swinging. V Wells grounded out to shortstop. F Thomas walked. A Hill grounded out to pitcher. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 1, TORONTO 4. MINNESOTA 4TH: J Mauer tripled to deep right center. J Morneau homered to right, J Mauer scored. T Hunter struck out looking. J Kubel grounded out to first. R White flied out to left. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 3, TORONTO 4. TORONTO 5TH: A Rios doubled to deep left. T Glaus struck out swinging. V Wells grounded out to first, A Rios to third. F Thomas homered to center, A Rios scored. A Hill grounded out to third. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 3, TORONTO 6. MINNESOTA 6TH: J Mauer bunt grounded out to pitcher. J Morneau struck out looking. T Hunter homered to left. J Kubel flied out to left. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 4, TORONTO 6.</div>
Thomas hits two homers off Santana as Jays pound Twins <h3>TORONTO 6, MINNESOTA 4</h3>TORONTO (Ticker) -- Johan Santana has devastated opponentsafter the All-Star Break. Frank Thomas and the Toronto BlueJays weren't impressed. Thomas hit half of the career-high four homers slugged offSantana to lead the Blue Jays to a 6-4 victory over theMinnesota Twins on Monday in the first game of a three-gameseries. Three relievers combined for three shutout innings for Toronto,which won its third straight game. Santana (11-8), who entered with 41 wins in his last 46second-half decisions, lasted just five innings, yielding sixruns and seven hits with two walks and four strikeouts. The two-time Cy Young Award winner got off to a bad start, asReed Johnson led off the Jays' first by hitting a second-pitchfastball over the left field wall. Four batters later, Thomasdeposited a 1-1 offering to center field for a quick 3-0 lead. Alex Rios led off the third with his 20th blast of the seasonand Thomas drilled another two-run shot to center - his 16th ofthe season - in the fifth to extend the margin to 6-3. The blasts, Thomas' first since July 1, helped him snap a2-for-17 skid and gave him 503 homers for his career. Santana, who entered 5-1 with a 1.62 ERA in his last sevenstarts, made it through five innings for the 112th straightstart but fell to 2-4 in 10 games all-time against the Jays. The power explosion was enough for Toronto starter Shaun Marcum(6-4), who improved to 5-2 as a starter despite yielding twohomers to Justin Morneau and a third to Torii Hunter. Marcum left after six frames, allowing four runs and eight hitswith no walks and three strikeouts. Morneau led off the second with his 27th homer of the season andfollowed Joe Mauer's leadoff triple in the fourth with anotherdrive to right field to cut the Twins' deficit to 4-3. After Thomas' second homer, Hunter belted his 21st of the seasonin the sixth. Casey Janssen retired all five batters he faced and Scott Downsgot the final out of the eighth before closer Jeremy Accardologged the ninth for his 16th save in 19 opportunities.
AL: MINNESOTA at TORONTO <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MINNESOTA (4) AT TORONTO (6) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Minnesota Starting Lineups -- L Castillo 2B, J Bartlett SS, J Mauer C, J Morneau 1B, T Hunter CF, J Kubel LF, R White DH, J Tyner RF, N Punto 3B, J Santana LHP. Toronto Starting Lineups -- R Johnson LF, A Rios RF, T Glaus 3B, V Wells CF, F Thomas DH, A Hill 2B, M Stairs 1B, C Thigpen C, R Clayton SS, S Marcum RHP. Umpires -- Jim Wolf (HP), Rob Drake (1B), Tim Tschida (2B), Jim Joyce (3B). Gametime Weather: 77 degrees, Overcast, wind out to left at 9 mph. MINNESOTA 1ST: L Castillo flied out to center. J Bartlett grounded out to pitcher. J Mauer grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 0, TORONTO 0. TORONTO 1ST: R Johnson homered to left. A Rios struck out swinging. T Glaus flied out to center. V Wells singled to left. F Thomas homered to center, V Wells scored. A Hill safe at first on error by second baseman L Castillo. M Stairs struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error) MINNESOTA 0, TORONTO 3. MINNESOTA 2ND: J Morneau homered to center. T Hunter struck out looking. J Kubel flied out to right. R White flied out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 1, TORONTO 3. TORONTO 2ND: C Thigpen lined out to center. R Clayton flied out to right. R Johnson flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 1, TORONTO 3. MINNESOTA 3RD: J Tyner grounded out to first. N Punto singled to right center. N Punto caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. L Castillo singled to center. J Bartlett flied out to left. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 1, TORONTO 3. TORONTO 3RD: A Rios homered to left. T Glaus struck out swinging. V Wells grounded out to shortstop. F Thomas walked. A Hill grounded out to pitcher. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 1, TORONTO 4. MINNESOTA 4TH: J Mauer tripled to deep right center. J Morneau homered to right, J Mauer scored. T Hunter struck out looking. J Kubel grounded out to first. R White flied out to left. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 3, TORONTO 4. TORONTO 4TH: M Stairs singled to right. C Thigpen walked, M Stairs to second. R Clayton grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, C Thigpen out at second, M Stairs to third. R Johnson popped out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 3, TORONTO 4. MINNESOTA 5TH: J Tyner singled to left. N Punto singled to left center, J Tyner to third. L Castillo grounded into double play, first to catcher to third to shortstop, J Tyner out at home, N Punto out at third, L Castillo to first. J Bartlett grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 3, TORONTO 4. TORONTO 5TH: A Rios doubled to deep left. T Glaus struck out swinging. V Wells grounded out to first, A Rios to third. F Thomas homered to center, A Rios scored. A Hill grounded out to third. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 3, TORONTO 6. MINNESOTA 6TH: J Mauer bunt grounded out to pitcher. J Morneau struck out looking. T Hunter homered to left. J Kubel flied out to left. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 4, TORONTO 6. TORONTO 6TH: R Ortiz relieved J Santana. M Stairs grounded out to shortstop. L Overbay hit for C Thigpen. L Overbay lined out to third. R Clayton struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 4, TORONTO 6. MINNESOTA 7TH: G Zaun catching. L Overbay at first base. C Janssen relieved S Marcum. R White grounded out to first. J Tyner lined out to left. N Punto flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 4, TORONTO 6. TORONTO 7TH: R Johnson flied out to right. A Rios struck out swinging. T Glaus grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 4, TORONTO 6. MINNESOTA 8TH: L Castillo grounded out to second. J Bartlett grounded out to third. S Downs relieved C Janssen. J Mauer singled to left. J Morneau grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 4, TORONTO 6. TORONTO 8TH: J Rincon relieved R Ortiz. V Wells struck out swinging. F Thomas lined out to center. A Hill grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 4, TORONTO 6. MINNESOTA 9TH: J Accardo relieved S Downs. T Hunter doubled to deep right. J Kubel flied out to left, T Hunter to third. R White struck out swinging. J Tyner flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 4, TORONTO 6.</div>
AL: MINNESOTA at TORONTO <div class="pre">MINNESOTA (4) VS TORONTO (6) - FINAL MINNESOTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg L Castillo 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .304 J Bartlett ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .260 J Mauer c 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .308 J Morneau 1b 4 2 2 3 0 1 1 .293 T Hunter cf 4 1 2 1 0 2 0 .302 J Kubel lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247 R White dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .077 J Tyner rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .275 N Punto 3b 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .218 Totals 35 4 10 4 0 4 7 BATTING: 2B - T Hunter (26, J Accardo). 3B - J Mauer (3, S Marcum). HR - J Morneau 2 (28, 2nd inning off S Marcum 0 on, 0 Out, 4th inning off S Marcum 1 on, 0 Out), T Hunter (21, 6th inning off S Marcum 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - J Morneau 3 (85), T Hunter (73). 2-out RBI - T Hunter. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Tyner 1. Team LOB - 4. BASERUNNING: CS - N Punto (4, 2nd base by S Marcum/C Thigpen). FIELDING: E - L Castillo (3, ground ball). DP: 1 (J Bartlett-L Castillo-J Morneau). TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg R Johnson lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .235 A Rios rf 4 2 2 1 0 2 0 .308 T Glaus 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .280 V Wells cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .252 F Thomas dh 3 2 2 4 1 0 0 .254 A Hill 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .276 M Stairs 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .276 G Zaun c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 C Thigpen c 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .263 a-L Overbay ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 R Clayton ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .254 Totals 31 6 7 6 2 7 5 a-lined out to third for C Thigpen in the 6th. BATTING: 2B - A Rios (28, J Santana). HR - R Johnson (2, 1st inning off J Santana 0 on, 0 Out), F Thomas 2 (16, 1st inning off J Santana 1 on, 2 Out, 5th inning off J Santana 1 on, 2 Out), A Rios (20, 3rd inning off J Santana 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - R Johnson (9), F Thomas 4 (50), A Rios (59). 2-out RBI - F Thomas 4. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Johnson 1. GIDP - R Clayton. Team LOB - 3. FIELDING: DP: 1 (M Stairs-C Thigpen-T Glaus-R Clayton). ---------------------------------------------------- MINNESOTA - 010 201 000 -- 4 TORONTO - 301 020 00x -- 6 ---------------------------------------------------- MINNESOTA ip h r er bb so hr era J Santana (L, 11-8) 5 7 6 6 2 4 4 2.94 R Ortiz 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.27 J Rincon 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.67 TORONTO ip h r er bb so hr era S Marcum (W, 6-4) 6 8 4 4 0 3 3 3.87 C Janssen (H, 16) 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.28 S Downs (H, 17) 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.33 J Accardo (S, 16) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.61 Pitches-strikes: J Santana 92-58; R Ortiz 21-17; J Rincon 13-10; S Marcum 87-56; C Janssen 15-11; S Downs 7-4; J Accardo 15-10. Ground balls-fly balls: J Santana 6-5; R Ortiz 2-2; J Rincon 1-1; S Marcum 7-6; C Janssen 3-2; S Downs 1-0; J Accardo 0-2. Batters faced: J Santana 24; R Ortiz 6; J Rincon 3; S Marcum 24; C Janssen 5; S Downs 2; J Accardo 4. UMPIRES: HP--Jim Wolf. 1B--Rob Drake. 2B--Tim Tschida. 3B--Jim Joyce. T--2:28. Att--26,091. Weather: 77 degrees, overcast. Wind: 9 mph, out to left.</div>
Thomas hits two homers off Santana as Jays pound Twins <h3>TORONTO 6, MINNESOTA 4</h3>TORONTO (Ticker) -- Johan Santana has devastated opponentsafter the All-Star Break. Frank Thomas and the Toronto BlueJays weren't impressed. Thomas hit half of the career-high four homers slugged offSantana to lead the Blue Jays to a 6-4 victory over theMinnesota Twins on Monday in the first game of a three-gameseries. Three relievers combined for three shutout innings for Toronto,which won its third straight game. Santana (11-8), who entered with 41 wins in his last 46second-half decisions, lasted just five innings, yielding sixruns and seven hits with two walks and four strikeouts. "It's tough. Johan, you can probably count on one hand how manytimes he's given up more then three runs all year," saidMinnesota first baseman Justin Morneau, who hit two home runs."It's too bad we couldn't pick him up." The two-time Cy Young Award winner got off to a bad start, asReed Johnson led off the Jays' first by hitting a second-pitchfastball over the left field wall. Four batters later, Thomasdeposited a 1-1 offering to center field for a quick 3-0 lead. "Tonight I was trying to make some adjustments and it didn'twork out," Santana said. "Those guys were aggressive. Theywere swinging right away and it seemed like the ball was flyingtoday for both teams. I made a couple of mistakes, but at thesame time threw pretty good pitches and they put good swings." Alex Rios led off the third with his 20th blast of the seasonand Thomas drilled another two-run shot to center - his 16th ofthe season - in the fifth to extend the margin to 6-3. The blasts, Thomas' first since July 1, helped him snap a2-for-17 skid and gave him 503 homers for his career. "It's my best night as a Blue Jay, for sure," Thomas said."I've hit the ball on and off it's just not been the consistencythat I'm capable of. Hopefully this can get me on a littleroll or get me going in the right direction for the rest of theseason." Santana, who entered 5-1 with a 1.62 ERA in his lastseven starts, made it through five innings for the 112thstraight start but fell to 2-4 in 10 games all-time against theJays. The power explosion was enough for Toronto starter Shaun Marcum(6-4), who improved to 5-2 as a starter despite yielding twohomers to Morneau and a third to Torii Hunter. Marcum left after six frames, allowing four runs and eight hitswith no walks and three strikeouts. "When you're going up against Santana you never know what you'regoing to get," Marcum said. "I just had to battle out thereand try to keep our team in the game. It was nice that the guyswere swinging them hot and swinging them early." Morneau, a New Westminister, British Columbia native, led offthe second with his 27th homer of the season and followed JoeMauer's leadoff triple in the fourth with another drive to rightfield to cut the Twins' deficit to 4-3. "It doesn't really matter if you lose the game," said Morneau,whose first home run of the game was his first ever hit onCanadian soil. After Thomas' second homer, Hunter belted his 21st of the seasonin the sixth. Casey Janssen retired all five batters he faced and Scott Downsgot the final out of the eighth before closer Jeremy Accardologged the ninth for his 16th save in 19 opportunities.
