Okamoto Fires Two Home Runs, Jays Triumph Against Twins
Okamoto Goes Three Hits in Second Game Kazuma Okamoto hit two home runs and led the Jays to a win over the Twins this afternoon at Target Field. 16 pitchers. It could have been 3-up, 3-down, since the first two singles were 3 and 5 feet (in the air), with expect batting averages of .
050 and . 200. Tyler Rogers got the eighth.
It went ground out, strikeout, strikeout. Louis Varland pitched the ninth. He’s had a couple of days off, so he was likely to pitch today, not matter what.
He gave up a two-out infield single. On offense, we had 11 hits. Lenyn Sosa and Yohendrick Pinango (who I’m calling Lips, as it is easier to spell than Yohendrick.
And Okamoto had the two homers (he came within 4 feet of getting a third homer). 0 for went to Andrés Giménez, Vlad (with a walk) and Jesus Sanchez. We scored: Two in the second: Varsho and Sosa had one out singles, and moved to third on a Simeon Woods Richardson wild pitch.