Minnesota Twins vs Toronto Blue Jays

What it means

• Season series: MIN wins series 2-1.
• Twins 13-8 on the road; Blue Jays 9-9 at home.

Latest headlines

ESPN · Sep 29

Twins believe future is bright with lineup built around young players

ESPN · Sep 28

Blue Jays' Max Scherzer strikes out 7 on short rest in season finale

Recap · Sep 27

Rangers eliminated from postseason contention on final day with 6-4 loss to Twins

Recap · Sep 27

Max Scherzer strikes out 7 in 225th career win as Blue Jays beat Reds 5-1 in season finale

Preview · Sep 27

Blue Jays and Reds meet in series rubber match

Recap · Sep 27

Rangers push the AL West race to the final day of the regular season with a 6-2 win over the Twins

Recap · Sep 26

Bleday hits 24th homer, Lowder pitches 6 innings for first win since August as Reds beat Blue Jays

Recap · Sep 26

Rangers falter in AL West chase, lose to Twins 10-2 as deGrom matches high by allowing 8 earned runs

Injuries and inactives

Twins3rd in AL Cent

• Walker Jenkins CF

  Elbow, Surgery, right
  Out
• Byron Buxton CF

  Hip, Surgery, right
  10-Day-IL
• Jeff Hoffman RP

  Forearm, Inflammation, right
  15-Day-IL
• Mike Paredes SP

  Oblique, Strain, left
  60-Day-IL
• Trevor Larnach LF

  Wrist, Sprain, left
  10-Day-IL

Blue Jays5th in AL East

• Anthony Santander RF

  Shoulder, Surgery, left
  60-Day-IL
• Cody Ponce SP

  Knee, Surgery, right
  60-Day-IL
• Dylan Cease SP

  Shoulder, Inflammation, right
  15-Day-IL
• Jameson Taillon SP

  Elbow, right
  15-Day-IL
• Shane Bieber SP

  Shoulder, Inflammation, right
  15-Day-IL

Probable starters

Twins3rd in AL Cent

Bailey Ober SP

Probable starter · 12-9, 3.98 ERA, 191 K, 1.00 WHIP

Lineup

1. 1Edouard Julien2B
2. 2Trevor LarnachDH
3. 3Carlos CorreaSS
4. 4Max KeplerRF
5. 5Willi CastroCF
6. 6Alex KirilloffLF
7. 7Carlos Santana1B
8. 8Christian VazquezC
9. 9Austin MartinCF

Blue Jays5th in AL East

Alek Manoah SP

Probable starter · 1-2, 3.70 ERA, 26 K, 1.03 WHIP

Lineup

1. 1George SpringerRF
2. 2Daulton VarshoCF
3. 3Vladimir Guerrero Jr.1B
4. 4Bo BichetteSS
5. 5Davis SchneiderLF
6. 6Daniel VogelbachDH
7. 7Isiah Kiner-Falefa2B
8. 8Alejandro KirkC
9. 9Ernie Clement3B

The series

Chirp's angle

Game info

Venue

Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario · Attendance 32,200

Officials

Alex Tosi (Home Plate Umpire), Dan Bellino (First Base Umpire), Tom Hanahan (Second Base Umpire), Phil Cuzzi (Third Base Umpire)