Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 8, Toronto 3
When: 7:07 PM ET, Monday, May 17, 2010
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature: 61°
Umpires: Home - Gary Cederstrom, 1B - Ed Hickox, 2B - Fieldin Culbreth, 3B - Marty Foster
Attendance: 13892

Justin Morneau homered twice and Joe Mauer added three hits as the Minnesota Twins cruised to an 8-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday.

Morneau belted a solo homer in the sixth inning and added a two-run shot in the eighth to secure the Twins’ second straight victory. The Minnesota first baseman has 10 home runs on the season, tops on the team.

Mauer scored a pair of runs and Delmon Young added a solo homer for Minnesota.

Jose Bautista, named American League player of the week earlier in the day, continued his hot streak with a two-run homer, his fourth in the last three games. It wasn’t nearly enough for Toronto, which saw its four-game winning streak come to an end.

Kevin Slowey (5-3) earned the win despite laboring throughout, allowing three runs on eight hits in five innings of work. Alex Burnett, Matt Guerrier and Jesse Crain combined to throw four shutout innings in relief.

Dana Eveland (3-3) surrendered five runs on nine hits in four-plus innings en route to his second straight loss. The veteran left-hander has just one win since Apr. 15.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Minnesota   Toronto
Kevin Slowey Player Dana Eveland
Win W/L Loss
5.0 IP 4.0
2 Strikeouts 2
8 Hits 9
5.40 ERA 6.75
Hitting
Minnesota   Toronto
Justin Morneau Player Vernon Wells
3 Hits 3
4 RBI 1
2 HR 0
9 TB 3
.750 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Minnesota 12 3 23 .308 15 4 6 5 1 0
Toronto 11 1 14 .297 15 5 3 1 0 2