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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Toronto 2, Minnesota 1
When: 7:07 PM ET, Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Toby Basner, 1B - Tim McClelland, 2B - Marvin Hudson, 3B - Clint Fagan
Attendance: 19769

Blue Jays 2, Twins 1: Brandon Morrow pitched eight innings of three-hit ball and Rajai Davis and Adeiny Hechavarria contributed run-scoring singles as Toronto closed a disappointing season with at three-game sweep of visiting Minnesota.

Morrow (10-7) struck out 11 and walked three. The Twins' lone run came in the fourth, when a single and two walks loaded the bases ahead of Matt Carson's RBI groundout.

Brandon Lyon pitched around a one-out single in the ninth for his first save of the season.

Morrow's gem spoiled Twins left-hander Scott Diamond's first start in his native Canada. Diamond (12-9) allowed two runs on five hits over five innings, finishing the season with a 3.54 ERA.

The Blue Jays gave Morrow a 2-0 lead in the third, when Anthony Gose's two-out triple started a rally. Davis and Hechavarria followed with consecutive singles for a 2-0 lead.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Twins C/DH Joe Mauer played in his 147th game of the season, surpassing his career high of 146 in 2008. … Blue Jays INF Omar Vizquel drew big applause after an over-the-shoulder catch and a standing ovation after a single in his final at-bat. Vizquel is retiring after 24 seasons in the majors. … Toronto won five of seven meetings this season, taking the season series from the Twins for the seventh consecutive year.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Minnesota   Toronto
Scott Diamond Player Brandon Morrow
Loss W/L Win
5.0 IP 8.0
3 Strikeouts 11
5 Hits 3
3.60 ERA 1.12
Hitting
Minnesota   Toronto
Ben Revere Player Adam Lind
3 Hits 1
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 1
.750 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Minnesota 4 0 4 .129 16 11 1 3 1 0
Toronto 6 0 8 .214 6 6 2 1 1 0