TORONTO, ON — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. connected for his major league-leading 46th homer, but Jorge Polanco, Josh Donaldson, and Miguel Sanó hit consecutive homers as the Minnesota Twins beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-3.
The Blue Jays slipped into the third spot in the AL wild-card race, one game behind Boston and half-game behind the Yankees.
Toronto fell to 13-3 in September. Guerrero hit a solo homer in the third that pulled Toronto within 5-3.
He was tied with Kansas City’s Salvador Perez for the homer lead going into the game. Toronto starter Hyun Jin Ryu fell to 2-4 with an 8.10 ERA in his past eight starts.
