BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Interstat) — Kazuma Okamoto homered twice and drove in three runs, and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Minnesota Twins 7-3 on Friday night at Target Field.

Okamoto hit a solo home run in the fourth inning and a two-run shot in the fifth, both to left field. He finished 2 for 4 with two home runs and three RBIs. The performance came after Okamoto went 0 for 3 in the series opener Thursday night, part of a stretch in which he had only two hits in his previous four games.

Yohendrick Pinango collected three hits and two RBIs in just his fifth career game. Lenyn Sosa also had three hits, tying a career high, and scored three runs. Patrick Corbin pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowing two earned runs on six hits with four strikeouts, to earn his first win with Toronto.

The Blue Jays improved to 15-17. The Twins fell to 14-19 and have lost 12 of their last 15 games.

Byron Buxton homered for the fourth time in five games, a two-run blast in the third inning that tied the score 2-2. Buxton finished 2 for 4 with two RBIs. Simeon Woods Richardson took the loss, dropping to 0-5. He allowed six runs on 10 hits over 4 1/3 innings.

Toronto struck first in the second inning. Daulton Varsho singled to right field, and Lenyn Sosa singled to left. Yohendrick Pinango then reached on a fielder’s choice, and both runners scored when first baseman Josh Bell committed a throwing error on the play. Pinango advanced to second on the error but was stranded after Andrés Giménez struck out and Tyler Heineman grounded out.

Minnesota answered in the third. Brooks Lee led off with a single to center, and James Outman flied out. Buxton then launched a home run to left field, scoring Lee and tying the game 2-2. Austin Martin followed with a single, but Ryan Jeffers struck out on a foul tip, and Martin was picked off and caught stealing second base to end the inning.

The Blue Jays regained the lead in the fourth. Okamoto led off with a home run to left. Varsho flied out, but Sosa doubled to left, and Pinango singled to center, scoring Sosa. Pinango advanced to second on the throw. After Giménez flied out, Heineman was hit by a pitch, but George Springer grounded out to end the inning with Toronto ahead 4-2.

Toronto extended its lead in the fifth. Jesús Sánchez struck out on a foul tip, but Vladimir Guerrero Jr. walked. Okamoto then hit his second home run of the game, a two-run shot to left that scored Guerrero and made it 6-2. Varsho flied out, but Sosa singled to right, and Pinango singled to second, putting runners at first and second. Giménez grounded out to end the inning.

Corbin worked a scoreless fifth inning despite allowing a single to Outman. He left the game after 5 1/3 innings having allowed two runs on six hits. Braydon Fisher entered and recorded the final two outs of the sixth, striking out one.

Toronto added a run in the seventh. Okamoto walked to lead off, advanced to second on a groundout by Varsho, and scored on an RBI single by Pinango. Sosa grounded out and Giménez popped out.

Minnesota scored its final run in the bottom of the seventh. Lee singled to third, and Outman struck out on a foul tip. Buxton singled to shortstop, and Martin singled to left, loading the bases. Jeffers lifted a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Lee. Buxton advanced to third on the play, but Josh Bell grounded out to end the inning.

Tyler Rogers pitched a perfect eighth inning, striking out two. Louis Varland struck out two in a scoreless ninth, allowing only a single.

For the Twins, Eric Orze pitched 2 1/3 innings in relief, allowing one earned run on one hit. Luis García and Taylor Rogers each threw a scoreless inning.

Toronto’s offense collected 11 hits. Minnesota had 10 hits. The game featured only one error, the throwing error by Bell in the second inning.

Attendance was 19,762. The game lasted 2 hours, 40 minutes.

Okamoto’s two home runs gave him seven on the season. He had been in a brief slump, with no hits in three of his previous four games, but broke out with the multi-homer performance.

Sosa’s three hits matched his career high, set earlier this season. Pinango, in his fifth major league game, raised his batting average with the three-hit night.

The Blue Jays’ bullpen combined for 3 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing just one hit while striking out five.

The Twins’ pitching staff issued only one walk but hit two batters.

The series continues Saturday and Sunday at Target Field. Toronto then travels to Tampa Bay for a three-game series starting Monday. Minnesota will host Toronto again Saturday and Sunday before heading to Washington for three games beginning Tuesday.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Toronto 7, Minnesota 3, while Interstat’s ELO system gave Toronto a 59.10 percent probability to win. Toronto entered the game as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5. The total of 10 runs went under the over/under line of 8.5.