Okamoto homers twice as Blue Jays beat Twins 7‑3

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Interstat) — Kazuma Okamoto homered twice and drove in three runs, Yohendrick Pinango had three hits and two RBIs in just his fifth career game, and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Minnesota Twins 7-3 on Friday night. Lenyn Sosa also had three hits to tie a career high. Patrick Corbin (1-0) allowed two earned runs over 5 1/3 innings to earn his first win with the Blue Jays. Byron Buxton homered for the fourth time in five games, a two-run shot in the third inning. Toronto scored two runs in the second, fourth and fifth innings and one in the seventh. Minnesota scored two in the third and one in the seventh. Simeon Woods Richardson (0-5) took the loss. The Blue Jays improved to 15-17, while the Twins dropped to 14-19. Attendance was 19,762, and the game lasted 2:40.