MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Edwin Encarnacion’s three-run homer highlighted a four-run eighth inning for Toronto that lifted the Blue Jays to a 6-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.
Encarnacion had three hits and four RBIs and has hit three homers in the first two games of the final series of the season.
Carl Pavano gave up two runs — one earned — and nine hits in seven innings for the Twins (93-67), who fell 112 games behind the New York Yankees for the best record in the AL.
Normally reliable reliever Jesse Crain (1-1) gave up four runs on three hits in the eighth and the AL Central champions have lost seven of eight with the playoffs less than a week away.
