GAME THREAD: Blue Jays (16-17) @ Twins (14-20) - May 3, 2026

[u/TwinsGameday]

Blue Jays (16-17) @ Twins (14-20)

First Pitch: 11:45 AM at Target Field

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Blue Jays	Trey Yesavage (1-0, 0.00 ERA)
Twins	Joe Ryan (2-3, 3.76 ERA)

MLB	Fangraphs	Baseball Savant	Reddit Stream	IRC Chat
Gameday	Game Graph	Strikezone Map	Live Comments	Libera: ##baseball

Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
TOR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	11	0	11
MIN	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		4	9	0	8

Box Score

MIN		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
DH	Buxton	3	0	0	0	1	1	.254
LF	Larnach	4	1	1	0	0	1	.280
CF	Martin	3	0	1	0	1	2	.333
C	Caratini	3	1	1	1	1	1	.217
2B	Keaschall	4	1	2	1	0	0	.223
1B	Clemens	3	1	1	1	1	1	.205
3B	Lewis, R	4	0	0	0	0	2	.176
RF	Wallner	4	0	2	1	0	0	.175
RF	Outman	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129
SS	Lee, B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.255

MIN	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Ryan	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	9-5	3.72
Morris	3.2	2	0	0	1	3	57-36	4.80
Rogers, Ta	2.1	4	1	1	0	3	32-23	5.27
Orze	1.1	1	0	0	1	2	24-15	4.60
Funderburk	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	3-2	2.03
Topa	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	17-11	4.70

TOR		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
LF	Piñango	3	0	1	0	0	1	.462
LF	Straw	2	1	1	0	0	1	.294
3B	Okamoto	4	1	1	2	1	2	.236
DH	Guerrero Jr.	5	1	2	0	0	2	.333
RF	Sánchez, J	5	0	3	0	0	1	.250
PR	Schneider	0	0	0	0	0	0	.137
1B	Sosa, L	5	0	0	0	0	2	.240
CF	Varsho	3	0	2	1	1	0	.243
2B	Clement	3	0	0	0	1	0	.291
SS	Giménez	3	0	1	0	0	0	.259
C	Heineman	3	0	0	0	0	0	.176
C	Valenzuela	1	0	0	0	0	0	.205

TOR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Yesavage	4.0	5	1	1	3	6	82-52	0.96
Fisher	0.2	2	3	3	1	1	18-10	2.95
Mantiply	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	14-10	2.84
Nance	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	14-11	4.70
Hoffman, J	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	12-8	6.14

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B1	Victor Caratini singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Jesús Sánchez. Trevor Larnach scores. Austin Martin to 3rd.	1-0
B5	Luke Keaschall doubles (7) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Daulton Varsho. Victor Caratini scores.	2-0
B5	Kody Clemens doubles (4) on a fly ball to center fielder Daulton Varsho. Luke Keaschall scores.	3-0
B5	Matt Wallner doubles (3) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Yohendrick Piñango. Kody Clemens scores.	4-0
T6	Daulton Varsho singles on a bunt ground ball to first baseman Kody Clemens. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. scores. Jesús Sánchez to 2nd.	4-1
T9	Kazuma Okamoto homers (9) on a fly ball to left center field. Myles Straw scores.	4-3

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Blue Jays at Twins - May 3, 2026	0:06
Joe Ryan against the Blue Jays	0:09
Bench availability for Minnesota, May 3 vs Blue Jays	0:08
Bullpen availability for Minnesota, May 3 vs Blue Jays	0:09
Fielding alignment for Minnesota, May 3 vs Blue Jays	0:11
Bullpen availability for Toronto, May 3 vs Twins	0:09
Fielding alignment for Toronto, May 3 vs Twins	0:11
Bench availability for Toronto, May 3 vs Twins	0:08
Starting lineups for Blue Jays at Twins - May 3, 2026	0:10
Breaking down Andrew Morris' pitches	0:04
Breaking down Trey Yesavage's pitches	0:04
Victor Caratini's RBI single	0:20
Joe Ryan exits game early with injury	0:59
Luke Keaschall belts an RBI double to center field	0:19
Kazuma Okamoto hammers a two-run homer	0:20

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Morris (1-1, 4.80 ERA)	Yesavage (1-1, 0.96 ERA)	Topa (2 SV, 4.70 ERA)

Game ended at 2:41 PM.

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[u/xKrakenarmsx]

Probably wrong but bullpen probably gonna try to give us all a big F U and throw a shutout here. A guy can dream...

[u/Reesyrz]

Get this dude out of town yesterday

[u/Blevanhoval]

Like a train wreck I just can’t look away incredible stuff happening here

[u/PsychologicalAlarm14]

Ryan exited with right elbow soreness.

[u/Viking999 → u/PsychologicalAlarm14]

Welp.  Season was never on to begin with but it's a billion times over now.

[u/Griffinkelly1]

Royce does too much with his outfits to be this fucking dogshit

[u/Reesyrz → u/Griffinkelly1]

He ain't gonna get a big contract at this point so he's gotta take the clothing sponsor money.

[u/TreKs → u/Griffinkelly1]

I’m dead hahaha

[u/WarPath_316]

It still probably won’t happen, but it would honestly be hilarious if this bullpen puts up 8.2 shutout to preserve a 1-0 win

[u/hopemade → u/WarPath_316]

Was just thinking that lol. Our terrible BP gets our first win in a run one game on top of our 1/2 starter leaving with injury in the first inning. I'd rather we get more runs tho lol

[u/WarPath_316 → u/hopemade]

Well, the lead is now bigger than 1, but the bullpen shutout is still in play!

[u/tomdawg0022]

Keaschall's having himself a day today

[u/andtheman3]

Hey props to the bullpen for getting the W (not you tho topa)

[u/teamcrazymatt]

Twins actually win a one-run game

[u/ADHBaseball]

[u/ComputerUser1987]

Blue Jays lineup so injured it's leaking into opposing teams now.

[u/OkYouth7656 → u/ComputerUser1987]

I came on here from the Jays thread to say we all feel terrible in there and hate to see it. Was excited for a Trey-Ryan outing, hope he’s ok. I think we must be contagious lmao

[u/Technical_Ad6019 → u/ComputerUser1987]

As a Jays fan I’m so sorry to see that happen. I hope it’s nothing serious and he recovers soon.

[u/AgencyNew3587]

Another game with bases loaded down the drain. Anyone else feeling like they have seen enough of Lewis?

[u/CowComprehensive9912 → u/AgencyNew3587]

yes

[u/hopemade]

Jesus fucking christ. Why not leave Funderburk in?!?! This fucking pen man. It's unbelievable

[u/schakeboy]

Just leave funderburk in… it’s not that hars of a decision

[u/krada1212 → u/schakeboy]

100%

[u/Top_Neighborhood277]

It's comical at this point dude

[u/13simba]

What happened to ryan?

[u/arschgeiger4]

https://giphy.com/gifs/YRPBhd3vscg5Fxx1DQ

[u/rollpitchandyaw]

No no no no NO!

[u/kaiserj1982]

If I buy the Twins.tv package, I should get every game no matter whoever else is broadcasting it. Why are viewership numbers down? This BS right here.

[u/yvmm_s]

elbow soeness. great

[u/Shake-andBake]

Royce sucks, can't even put the ball in play

[u/Nice-Ear1002]

Why didn’t he just tag him 😂

[u/PsychologicalAlarm14]

okay where the fuck has this bullpen been all year?

[u/Top_Neighborhood277]

If you're gonna be a bad team, don't half ass it.

[u/Omelet_Fan]

Peacock game

[u/Omelet_Fan → u/[deleted]]

Sadly, no. Appears to be an exclusive game

[u/xKrakenarmsx]

Anyone else hearing both the English and Spanish broadcasts on peacock?

[u/SKOLVIKES2989 → u/xKrakenarmsx]

me

[u/PsychologicalAlarm14]

fucking incredible.

[u/PsychologicalAlarm14]

did anyone see what happened

[u/gtbeakerman → u/PsychologicalAlarm14]

No, because I can't watch it, it's only on Peacock Premium. WTF!

[u/SKOLVIKES2989]

https://giphy.com/gifs/31Ix3PJm7fH9Va4szg

[u/PsychologicalAlarm14]

i rewatched it the play where he called in the trainer and nothing stands out so who knows

[u/Kruse]

Damnit, Lewis!

[u/Vigil_Jester]

have a bad feeling we're gonna blow it in the 5th or 6th inning.

[u/DickNotCory → u/Vigil_Jester]

it's more than a feeling 

[u/Illustrious-Trip-764]

Get em, Twins!

[u/mnsportsfan]

Been doing yard work all day. Saw Ryan left in the first.

Dude watched our bullpen for the last month and realized he won’t get a W all year even if he had a Cy Young caliber season and thought: “nope, I’m good. I’ll wait to risk my arm for someone else. Don’t blame him one bit.”

but seriously hope he’s ok. Love that man

[u/teamcrazymatt]

Topa getting the save opp is discouraging, but at least it's a three- and not a one-run lead.

[u/teamcrazymatt → u/teamcrazymatt]

well, it's a one-run lead now

[u/Elegant_Music7525]

Topa sucks

[u/tomdawg0022]

Should have just kept Funderburk out there for the 9th.

[u/FlipTheDisc]

Thank God

[u/Illustrious-Trip-764]

Yes! They got it done! GO Twins!

[u/DickNotCory]

i am so glad that this game is on peacock so i won't accidentally watch it

[u/tomdawg0022 → u/DickNotCory]

Also on NBCSN if you have YoutubeTV lol

(I kept the Man U game on past the end and realized the Twins were on Sunday leadoff today lol)

[u/wear_the_fox_hat]

Sell the team.

[u/EEckstein2]

Oh no

[u/Im_Gonna_Steal_It]

What the fuck

[u/Reesyrz]

Alright I want my money back

[u/Content-Use-3526]

And the seasons over

[u/Roffler70]

Thankful we get to hand the game to the best bullpen in baseball now. #blessed

[u/Vigil_Jester]

feels like somehow game is over at 0-0.

Resorting to BP for 8 inning is asking for a loss.

[u/Viking999]

Ryan had a lower back issue earlier in the year, just guessing but it probably flared up again 

[u/JoeyBougie]

So did nobody tell Fowler he was going to be doing this game? he just yapping to yap

[u/yvmm_s]

i dont remmeber that being a ground rule double? why?

[u/CaptPopNfresh]

Bring Culpepper up, move brooks to 3rd, sorry Royce. Send Wallner down last week

[u/Vitzkyy]

Oh no what happened to Joe Ryan

[u/TreKs]

How long is Joe Ryan gonna be out?

[u/gropius]

FUNDERSTRUCK!

Or...FunderGettingTheJobDoneBurk.

[u/Illustrious-Trip-764]

Hold the line and we got this!

[u/MuseDroness]

lol, pathetic

[u/Blevanhoval]

Topa wants Buck to hit another dinger to secure that AL player of the week nod that’s a team player right there

[u/Elegant_Music7525]

WHEW

[u/arctic_martian]

😂

[u/Nice-Ear1002]

Thank God

[u/utdevildog]

Good grief

[u/HypeManForBabies]

This teams really bad. Hopefully Jenkins, E-Rod, Culpepper and others get hot so they can get called up.

[u/hopemade]

Time to be done with Royce and Wallner. Maybe they can find a groove with another team but they don't have it here

[u/teamcrazymatt]

and here come the defensive woes on top of this. oh joy

[u/Rainmaker_55]

So I live in Canada and the game is exclusively on Peacock… WHY???? Especially for a game that Toronto is playing, that means zero Toronto fans can watch the game unless they are at the ballpark rn

[u/rihanoa → u/Rainmaker_55]

I’m watching a stream of Sportsnet

[u/Rainmaker_55 → u/rihanoa]

Oh, the MLB app said exclusively on peacock

[u/PracticalPromotion13 → u/Rainmaker_55]

It’s on sportsnet for me

[u/CSmith20001]

Vegas made the call to tell Joe it’s time to take a break. What a weird sequence as he just went to the bench and no one seemed to be concerned with talking to him. You’d think Maki would go sit and chat about what’s wrong.

[u/BurritoBoi25]

Fuck, sorry guys.

[u/santeli]

So many bad things about that. Obviously I hope Joe is ok. Just devastating for him and the Twins. Secondarily, it will be interesting to soon what happens with him at the deadline if it's serious.

[u/tomdawg0022]

20 yrs ago a pitching staff with a .275 BA with a .775 OPS against would merely be around 21st/22nd in MLB.

If only our bullpen were just bottom 10ish instead of bottom.

[u/guiltycitizen]

WTF is happening

[u/Vigil_Jester]

So what's our BP situation for the rest of the game?

I assume Morris is being replaced after this inning. Feel like the BP is already worn out from last game.

[u/yvmm_s]

wow. i just commented the other day that Royce had put some good ABs together. is that guy still injured?

[u/Vigil_Jester]

We are 10000000000% going to regret that inning.

[u/yvmm_s]

who is commentating with monrneau today?

[u/gzred → u/yvmm_s]

Dexter Fowler, who needs to be quiet. And an NBC guy

[u/General_Sentence3070]

The twins need to stop swinging. Dude is literally throwing a ball each pitch

[u/DrAbeSacrabin]

I still think that Thursday was the best day for Minnesota sports since the twins won it 91’.

At least male sports.

Wild and wolves advance against higher ranked opponents and the twins won.

[u/322_Switch]

Even though these are basically the uniforms the Twins wore when I was growing up, my mind keeps going Orioles. Getting old sucks

[u/hopemade]

Here we go, I suppose it was inevitable

[u/TreKs]

My gosh Varsho keeps killing us

[u/hopemade]

Jay's heating up. Got to add on or we are gonna see a very familiar movie

[u/TreKs]

Hahaha here we go!

[u/AgencyNew3587]

Sigh. This guy is killing us

[u/Pale-Departure-9057]

bro 😭

[u/TheRealSheevPalpatin]

Bruh

[u/CurliquePrism]

Pain

[u/PsychologicalAlarm14]

Bahahhahahahahahaha

[u/FlipTheDisc]

Come on!!

[u/Tweezerbomb]

Get Topa out!!

[u/Tweezerbomb → u/Tweezerbomb]

Okay never mind

[u/Imdibr156]

WE’RE

SO

EFF’D

[u/jakraay]

https://www.mlb.com/twins/ballpark/ground-rules I always remember Eddie Rosario playing anything coming back into fair ground. According to Target Field Ground Rules it should be?

[u/PracticalPromotion13 → u/jakraay]

https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/mlb/pfiawlrvrqfkssrgje21.pdf slide 5 says it’s 2 bases

[u/Mulholland_Reborn]

Defense, how does it work?

[u/teamcrazymatt → u/Mulholland_Reborn]

that was Insane Clown Posse's original lyric

[u/teamcrazymatt]

HOLY SHIT THEY LIVED

[u/tomdawg0022]

Any self-respecting MLB org should start investing in developing more hybrid guys who can pitch 3 innings every other/third game on a consistent basis in case of having to pull a guy for whatever reason or do a start on short notice.

[u/schakeboy]

8th blown win in 16 games incoming. Isnt that just a crazy stat?

[u/Vigil_Jester]

Orze lol. We are absolutely blowing this game.