Martin Perez had nine strikeouts over seven shutout innings and the Minnesota Twins belted three homers in an 8-0 rout of the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night at Rogers Centre.
Jason Castro, Eddie Rosario and Jorge Polanco went deep for the Twins , who outhit the Blue Jays 12-3 and were in control from the start.Toronto starter Marcus Stroman , meanwhile, was touched up for five earned runs and eight hits over 4 2/3 innings. His earned-run average jumped to 2.96 from 2.20.
Shortstop Freddy Galvis was charged with an error when he couldn't come up with Stroman's throw to second base, allowing both runners to advance. Rosario then drove in Polanco with a slow grounder to second base.Teoscar Hernandez misjudged a Jonathan Schoop line drive in left field, waving at the ball as it sailed over his head and off the wall for a double.
Perez had no trouble the first time through the Toronto order with a walk to No. 9 hitter Danny Jansen the lone hiccup. Galvis moved to second on a walk to Justin Smoak but Guerrero, batting just .152 since his callup from triple-A Buffalo, hit into an inning-ending double play.
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