Toronto Blue Jays beat Minnesota Twins 5-4 with go-ahead homer from Springer

George Springer of the Toronto Blue Jays celebrates his go-ahead two-run home run against the Minnesota Twins during the eighth inning at Target Field on Saturday.

George Springer hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 5-4 on Saturday.

Springer went deep against Twins reliever Griffin Jax (1-4), who allowed a leadoff double to Addison Barger one at-bat earlier. Springer’s 10th homer of the season made it 4-3 just as a light rain started falling at Target Field.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. tacked on an insurance run with a two-out RBI single in the ninth off Twins closer Jhoan Durán.

Chad Green (2-1) pitched a scoreless seventh inning to earn the win. Je

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