TORONTO — Tyler Duffey nearly blew a five-run lead in the ninth inning, but the Twins hung on for a 8-6 victory on Sunday at Rogers Centre.
Jhoan Duran was presumably supposed to pitch the final two innings, but he appeared to hurt his lower left leg while trying to hustle to make an out at first, so he only finished the eighth.
Duffey struck out his first batter before walk his second and giving up a hit to his third. Then Santiago Espinal smacked a three-run homer to put the Blue Jays within two runs. Duffey gave up one more hit before Jorge Polanco botched a double play with a throwing error. Then Jovani Moran took the mound to face Toronto's leadoff hitter George Springer with a runner on second and one out to go.
