Twins Vs. Blue Jays: Minnesota loses finale 2-1

The Minnesota Twins finished their 2012 season with a 2-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays Wednesday. Toronto opened the scoring in the third inning when Rajai Davis singled home Anthony Gose. Adeiny Hechavarria followed that with an RBI single of his own. The Twins scored their lone run when a Matt Carson fielder's choice brought home Ben Revere in the top of the fourth inning. From there, the pitching staffs of both teams took over.

Twins starting pitcher Scott Diamond took the loss despite allowing just two runs over five innings. Diamond allowed five hits and a walk, striking out three. He finishes at 12-9 on the season. Alex Burnett and Luis Perdomo each pitched in relief, holding the Blue Jays scoreless through the game's final three innings.

Toronto starter Brandon Morrow went eight innings, allowing the Twins their sole run, for the win. The victory took Morrow to 10-7 on the year. Blue Jays reliever Brandon Lyon got his first save for finishing the ninth inning.

Minnesota ends the season at 66-96. Toronto will close the year at 73-89.

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Toronto DH Kelly Johnson belted a two-run homer to center field off of Minnesota starter Anthony Swarzak (3-6) in the fourth inning to highlight the offense for the Blue Jays. Swarzak took the loss for the Twins after giving up four runs on five hits and three walks in five innings on the mound.

Toronto starter Chad Jenkins (1-3) earned his first win of the season in just his third start after giving up five hits and two runs in five innings. The Blue Jays bullpen allowed just one more run, a Denard Span solo shot in the sixth, before closer Casey Janssen came on to hold off the Twins rally in the ninth inning and earn his 22nd save of the season.

The two teams will finish the season on Wednesday night when they play the 162nd and final game of the year, starting at 6:07 p.m. CT.

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Carlos Villanueva was originally slated to start the game for the Blue Jays, but was scratched on Monday over concerns regarding his innings count. Jenkins will be making his third start of the year.

Joe Mauer's batting average dropped to .322 on Monday night after going 1-5, which puts him .007 behind Detroit's Miguel Cabrera. At this point, it doesn't seem like Mauer will be able to catch Cabrera or Anaheim's Mike Trout for the AL batting title.

The Twins lineup will be without Josh Willingham for the seventh straight game after he sprained his ankle on Sep. 24. It's unlikely that Willingham will play again this year.

First pitch from Toronto will be at 6:07 p.m. CT. The game can bee seen locally on Fox Sports North.

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The Minnesota Twins lost 6-5 to Toronto in extra innings on Monday, dropping the first game of their final series of the season.

Minnesota appeared on its way to a win, but Yan Gomes hit a two-out solo home run off Glen Perkins in the bottom of the ninth inning to tie the game and force extra innings. Minnesota entered the inning with a 5-4 lead and Perkins struck out the first two batters, but Gomes took a 1-0 pitch over the wall in left-center field. Anthony Gose singled in a run off of Brian Duensing in the bottom of the 10th to give Toronto the win.

Esmerling Vasquez started the game for Minnesota, allowing three runs over 5⅔ innings. Vasquez left the game leading 4-3 and was in position for the win before Toronto came back in the ninth. Perkins' blown save was his fourth of the season in 20 tries.

Trevor Plouffe was the offensive star for the Twins, going 2-3 with three RBI while hitting his 24th home run of the season. Joe Mauer, who is in contention for the American League batting title, went 1-5 and saw his average drop to .322.

The series will continue Tuesday with first pitch scheduled for 7:07 p.m. ET.

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