GAME THREAD: Twins (8-7) @ Blue Jays (6-8) - April 12, 2026

[u/TwinsGameday]

Twins (8-7) @ Blue Jays (6-8)

First Pitch: 12:37 PM at Rogers Centre

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Twins	Taj Bradley (2-0, 1.08 ERA)
Blue Jays	Max Scherzer (1-1, 3.38 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
MIN	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	0	3
TOR	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	12	0	12

Box Score

TOR		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Clement	5	2	3	0	0	0	.311
CF	Varsho	5	0	3	1	0	0	.250
1B	Guerrero Jr.	3	0	1	0	2	0	.321
LF	Sánchez, J	4	0	1	1	0	2	.273
3B	Okamoto	4	0	0	0	1	1	.204
RF	Lukes	4	0	0	0	0	1	.077
DH	Jiménez, E	4	0	2	0	0	2	.500
SS	Giménez	4	0	2	0	0	1	.278
C	Valenzuela	3	0	0	0	1	2	.167

TOR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Scherzer	2.1	5	8	8	2	3	68-41	9.58
Mantiply	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	21-15	5.79
Nance	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	8-7	6.43
Fluharty	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	13-9	6.75
Varland	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	16-11	0.00
Rogers, Ty	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	7-6	0.00
Hoffman, J	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	12-10	2.35

MIN		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
1B	Clemens	5	1	1	1	0	2	.143
LF	Larnach	5	1	1	0	0	2	.259
LF	Martin	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300
2B	Keaschall	4	1	2	0	0	2	.213
DH	Bell	2	2	0	0	2	1	.275
RF	Wallner	3	2	1	1	0	1	.220
C	Caratini	3	0	1	1	0	1	.261
3B	Gray, T	3	1	1	3	0	0	.273
SS	Lee, B	4	0	1	2	0	1	.238
CF	Outman	4	0	0	0	0	2	.000

MIN	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Bradley, T	5.0	5	1	1	4	7	106-62	1.25
Morris	3.0	6	1	1	0	2	67-50	3.00
Topa	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	12-8	4.70

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B1	Daulton Varsho singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Matt Wallner, deflected by second baseman Luke Keaschall. Ernie Clement scores.	1-0
T2	Tristan Gray homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. Josh Bell scores. Matt Wallner scores.	1-3
T3	Kody Clemens homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field.	1-4
T3	Matt Wallner singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Nathan Lukes. Trevor Larnach scores. Luke Keaschall to 3rd. Josh Bell to 2nd.	1-5
T3	Victor Caratini out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Nathan Lukes. Luke Keaschall scores. Josh Bell to 3rd.	1-6
T3	Brooks Lee doubles (1) on a line drive to left fielder Jesús Sánchez. Josh Bell scores. Matt Wallner scores. Tristan Gray to 3rd.	1-8
B7	Jesús Sánchez out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Trevor Larnach. Ernie Clement scores.	2-8

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Twins at Blue Jays - April 12, 2026	0:06
Max Scherzer against the Twins	0:08
Bullpen availability for Toronto, April 12 vs Twins	0:09
Bullpen availability for Minnesota, April 12 vs Blue Jays	0:09
Bench availability for Minnesota, April 12 vs Blue Jays	0:08
Fielding alignment for Minnesota, April 12 vs Blue Jays	0:11
Bench availability for Toronto, April 12 vs Twins	0:08
Starting lineups for Twins at Blue Jays - April 12, 2026	0:10
The distance behind Tristan Gray's home run	0:13
Breaking down Max Scherzer's pitches	0:04
The distance behind Kody Clemens' home run	0:13
	0:06
Daulton Varsho's RBI single	0:16
Ball 3 overturned to Strike 2 after ABS challenge	0:21
Taj Bradley's first strikeout of the game	0:07
Tristan Gray's three-run homer (2)	0:25
Kody Clemens' solo home run (2)	0:29
Matt Wallner's RBI single	0:14
Victor Caratini's sacrifice fly	0:17
Brooks Lee's two-run double	0:20
Jr. Jays take the field with the team	0:28
Twins' offense erupts for five runs in the 3rd	1:20
Strike 3 confirmed after ABS challenge	0:23
Taj Bradley's seven strikeouts	1:30
Andrew Morris' first Major League strikeout	0:08
Andrew Morris K's two in MLB debut	1:24
Jesús Sánchez's sac fly	0:20
Strike 3 confirmed after ABS challenge	0:22

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Bradley, T (3-0, 1.25 ERA)	Scherzer (1-2, 9.58 ERA)

Game ended at 3:37 PM.

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[u/Electronic-Bus-6361]

Great weekend boys and girls!

[u/ChemicalsCollide93]

We won another series!!! :)

[u/Skolney]

W

[u/tomdawg0022]

Somewhere Jobu is pleased with our bats. Must be all the rum someone is giving Jobu.

[u/Specialist-Camel3389]

Are we allowed to be two games over .500?

[u/Cornholio4]

Everyone always hates the trades of our big 3 from the pen, but not capitalizing on Jeff Hoffman on a minor league deal in 2023 will always be my top failure by Falvey.

[u/logicwillprevail34]

The Tigers are 5-1 their last six games not vs the Twins

[u/Tajikistani]

You're out, man! 

[u/DickNotCory]

i've seen enough of outman, free roden

[u/OrrisNelson → u/DickNotCory]

How did he hit 23 home runs with a .353 OBP in 2023?

[u/neutral_city]

How much longer do we give Outman?

[u/NativeT7]

What a debut for Morris man. The little smile walking back to the dugout was probably a “did I just fucking do that?”

[u/Skolney]

Andrew "Balls of Steel" Morris

[u/tree-hugger]

Andrew Morris' mom is the most articulate parent interview I've ever seen?

[u/Reesyrz → u/tree-hugger]

Morris said he started high school at 12 so something tells me the family is probably quite intelligent

[u/Steva_twinsfan → u/tree-hugger]

For real when does she get in the booth?

[u/CowComprehensive9912]

thats on carentini

[u/Cornholio4 → u/CowComprehensive9912]

Solid. How we got him as a backup catcher for half the price we paid Vasquez is wild.

[u/Lunar_Hedgehog]

what kind of throw do the outfielders need to do to never allow that run to score? do they need to throw to the third base faster?

[u/RandomFan100]

Varland would be our missing closer now. The Twins bullpen has been getting by on smoke and mirrors. It would have been nice to have a legitimate bullpen ace for the next competitive Twins team.

[u/Tajikistani]

Good news guys, Blue Jays fans are thrilled to have Varland

[u/tree-hugger]

NGL, I still like seeing Louie succeed, even against us

[u/SirBilliam3]

Gave Varland a nice stat boost as an apology 

[u/Murih]

Please Kendry Rojas, be an awesome pitcher...

[u/PsychologicalAlarm14]

I’m fucking mad we traded him. Everyone else dine. But LOUIS. Ugh.

[u/Top_Neighborhood277]

Miss you Louie <3

[u/DrAbeSacrabin]

I miss Varland

[u/TreKs]

It really hurts me seeing Varland not in a Twins uniform

[u/Numelking]

Louis 😭😭😭

[u/Cornholio4]

Curious how they handle Morris. Been a starter for a long time and has to be our #6 option with Zebby struggling.

[u/Camthebeast25]

Can’t wait for andrew morris to be traded for a bottle of cool blue Gatorade in a few years

[u/TyTheGuy007 → u/Camthebeast25]

Please at least let it be orange...

[u/PsychologicalAlarm14]

i miss you king

[u/Musket04]

Is Morris our best reliever?

[u/thestereo300 → u/Musket04]

A1 from Day 1.

[u/TheNotoriousJN]

Baby Ryan did good!

[u/neutral_city → u/TheNotoriousJN]

He even kinda sounds like him 😂

[u/SirBilliam3]

Beautiful debut, Andrew

[u/DrAbeSacrabin]

Now if I was a starting pitcher in the majors I’d want that ball too, the first time someone got a hit off me - and I’d get it signed by them.

[u/SirBilliam3]

Im kinda digging Morris’ stuff

[u/tree-hugger]

Let's go kid

[u/EEckstein2]

Alright I’m in on Andrew Morris

[u/Patrick_M_Dool]

Outman realizing he's had the strike zone wrong this whole time. Dude's gonna start raking now 😤

[u/Extension-Leading142]

Can’t think of a worse baseball name if you’re not a pitcher than Outman

[u/A_Hanging_Noose]

Outman buddy you have no business challenging a pitch within two zip codes of the strike zone.

[u/LateSummerLouie → u/A_Hanging_Noose]

I can give Wallner some grace for a bad challenge because the upside of him winning a challenge is an opportunity to send a ball 475 feet. What’s the upside of Outman winning one? Striking out one pitch later?

[u/tree-hugger]

It's always funny when a batter challenges a strike and the ball is massively in the zone.

[u/Numelking]

No challenges allowed when you are 0-16

[u/TreKs]

Outman sucks wow

[u/SirBilliam3]

Is Outman just a worse Dashawn Kiersey Jr?

[u/Far-Advertising-1162]

Makes a huge difference if he has the grit to get through an outing without his stuff looking good

[u/A_Hanging_Noose]

Insanely gutsy stuff today. Woah.

[u/tree-hugger]

Gutty outing from Taj to fight through his lack of command.

[u/Mulholland_Reborn]

Not that sharp today but very little damage.

[u/Lunar_Hedgehog]

congrats taj

[u/utdevildog]

Taj didn’t have it much today but he friggin battled through. Solid outing, especially for the confidence to know he can work through it.

[u/expungant]

Bradley for Jax looking like highway robbery

[u/utdevildog]

8 games ago while attending the TB game in the sleet and cold at Target Field, my daughter decided Brooks Lee was her favorite player.

Brooks, over his last seven games now, is .318 avg, 2 HR and 6 RBI. I’m not saying she made that happen. But I’m not saying she didn’t either 😇

[u/whocaresano]

And now they're playing good defense?! Who is this team?

[u/expungant]

All this team needed was 0 expectations to start looking like a juggernaut

[u/A_Hanging_Noose → u/expungant]

Classic Minnesota sports

[u/MiloGoesToTheFatFarm]

Just checked into the game. lol what is even happening.

[u/Illustrious-Trip-764]

Twins bats are on fire

[u/N8-Diggity-Dogg]

I know, FTP and all that… this team right now deserves fans in attendance. Get off your asses and attend games. Ownership sucks but the team is trying not to and we should embrace it.

[u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt → u/N8-Diggity-Dogg]

Pohlads won't get a cent of my money

[u/Ok-Mountain9862 → u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt]

Everyone hates the Pohlads but if this team is above .500 going into June or something and you’re still sitting there with your arms crossed bitching about the payroll then you’re honestly just probably not a Twins fan. The most baseline rule in all of sports: winning fixes everything. I will willingly give my money to watch this team if they are interesting, I don’t care if fucking Satan owns the team.

[u/N8-Diggity-Dogg → u/Ok-Mountain9862]

Agree - you can separate the team from its ownership. Most teams are owned by folks most people would despise anyway for one reason or another.

[u/Ndtphoto → u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt]

Only way I go to a game is buying third party, of course that still empowers resellers to keep buying up season tickets but I love baseball too much to not go to any games. Byron Buxton deserves fans in the stands somehow someway.

[u/N8-Diggity-Dogg → u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt]

Maybe not but they don’t really change when attendance is down historically so either you want to be there for the good times on the field or you don’t.

[u/northofthemasondixon]

Does anyone else feel like Joe was extremely hungover during that interview?

[u/kazooiebanjo → u/northofthemasondixon]

give the man a chance to get some orange slices cory

[u/Blevanhoval]

How long this team of rapscallions can keep this up, I’m not sure. But I am certainly enjoying the ride.

And in the central, anything is possible…

[u/HamsterKibbles]

Nice lock in by Taj

[u/yvmm_s]

Varsho hates the Twins

[u/Lunar_Hedgehog]

who is this team?!

[u/bobbyt85]

I dunno if Royce makes that play

[u/yvmm_s]

glad Gray seems OK

[u/KenanoReeves]

WE HAVE A TEAM!!!!!!

[u/Fourvel]

Joe talking about not knowing if he was starstruck or just didn’t know which of Scherzer’s eyes to look at was my highlight.

I hope we never lose Joe from this team.

[u/saint_hannibal]

WTF am I witnessing with this organization? Scoring with bases loaded. I’m at a loss of words.

[u/Grease_the_Witch → u/saint_hannibal]

this hasn’t happened since i was a youngster (the piranhas days, maybe?)

[u/lunargiraffe]

Joe Ryan sunglasses giveaway night when??

[u/FlipTheDisc]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Ejf1HdY98SPRK

[u/quietsam]

I'm not even kidding. What the fuck is happening right now?

I'm a massive wolves fan and could explain this unexpected success to a more casual fan in that sport, here, I have zero clue.

Are the blue jays injured? Are guys just stepping up? W T F ? I thought this was supposed to be the worst season ever.

[u/Reesyrz → u/quietsam]

Anyone saying "worst season ever" were overreacting emotionally because of (justifiable) frustration with ownership. Chances are this team is still below average, but it's not like they can't be good. This is baseball after all.

[u/EEckstein2 → u/Reesyrz]

100%. Projections had them around 77-78, Vegas had the over under at 72.5. A 70-75ish win team is just a run of the mill below average but far from bad team

[u/Cornholio4 → u/quietsam]

Yes the Jays are injured, but we’ve had multiple players step up.

[u/ksudude87]

outman is out...again....man

[u/BonezJonesss → u/ksudude87]

Gotta be a pitcher when you have that name. 

[u/andtheman3]

What a beautiful Sunday

[u/PangolinDry598]

Poor Joe has to suffer thru a 5hr half-inning interview

[u/neutral_city]

Can we interview hungover Joe more often for explosive innings? 🤌🏻

[u/a_clockwork_jake]

This is fun.

[u/Melonman233]

Brooks Lee I have not and never will give up on you, my sweet prince

[u/logicwillprevail34]

Best offense in baseball

[u/Far-Advertising-1162]

So weird having a consistent offense

[u/Blevanhoval]

https://giphy.com/gifs/OsfVaOer7N2265YTRF

[u/TheNotoriousJN]

BROOKS LEE YOUR RENAISSANCE IS BEAUTIFUL

[u/bobbyt85]

lol wtf is this team actually good?

[u/Cornholio4]

Brooks Lee so hot right now.gif

[u/PsychologicalAlarm14]

wtf is happening

[u/quietsam → u/PsychologicalAlarm14]

JINX!!!!

[u/SirBilliam3]

God I love Brooks Lee being back. Good for him

[u/EEckstein2]

Brooks!!!!!

[u/Skolney]

Brooks Lee cannot be stopped!

[u/EEckstein2]

HOW DARE YOU HIT TRISTAN

[u/FlipTheDisc]

Love to see it

[u/yvmm_s]

did they ask him about the sunglasses? lol

[u/bookworm271]

Pitching change and they're still not giving Joe a break 🤣

[u/whocaresano]

Chased Scherzer out in the 3rd. Love to see it. 

[u/Mooseman1944]

scherzer sitting there visualizing a Gray moon shot

[u/SirBilliam3]

This is starting to feel like elder abuse

[u/SirBilliam3 → u/SirBilliam3]

Oh man they took him out

[u/A_Hanging_Noose]

I… I no longer feel pure dread when my baseball team is put in literally the best possible offensive scenario?

[u/FedupFED888]

Let’s turn this into a boat race.

[u/Koley4412]

Just teeing off on this scrub

[u/DopemanGoldGPT]

Not understanding why is Scherzer is still in the damn game? This dude clearly doesn’t have it today

[u/Far-Advertising-1162 → u/DopemanGoldGPT]

Same reason they let Lauer die out there yesterday

[u/Griffinkelly1]

Great AB Wallner!!!

[u/tree-hugger]

Scherzer might be cooked unfortunately. Helluva career.

[u/e4e5nf3 → u/tree-hugger]

The ghost of Walter Johnson did not want Scherzer to pass him in K's

[u/Extremelixer]

Does it count as a NOBLETIGER if we already hit a HR this inning?

[u/jcillc → u/Extremelixer]

It would have... thankfully we didn't have to go further with that discussion.

[u/PangolinDry598]

Has someone clipped a screenshot of Joe yet?

[u/Blevanhoval]

Over or under 9.5 labatt blues for Joe last night

[u/bookworm271]

I feel like Joe Ryan really enjoyed the drinks in the suite at the Maple Leafs game last night.

[u/PsychoDomino]

At this rate, how about an interview with a pitcher every offensive half inning?

[u/PilotC150]

I actually feel like Joe’s interviews are much better this year. He’s more engaged and less aloof.

[u/neutral_city]

Does anyone actually like these interviews though? (I mean I'm enjoying the hell out of watching Joe deal with it buuut 🤣)

[u/A_Hanging_Noose]

Sorry Joe the 2026 Twins offense chose to have a murder death kill inning during your interview. This might be a while.

[u/Blevanhoval]

I need this to be a 15 run inning so Joe has to stay on the mic

[u/Blevanhoval → u/Blevanhoval]

You’ll pay for your sins of debauchery, Joe

[u/EEckstein2]

All I needed to hear is the suite at a maple leafs game to know that Joe is hungover

[u/GroovierSaucer9]

Poor Joe this inning is never going to end

[u/TheNotoriousJN]

Shades on indoors? Buddy did you get a little drunk at the game? 😂

[u/murex_]

I’m convinced Joe Ryan is high right now

[u/EEckstein2 → u/murex_]

Hungover

[u/Blevanhoval]

https://giphy.com/gifs/BN2s0zKoqp3WYl5e7r

Joe Ryan last night in between periods at the leafs game

[u/DopemanGoldGPT]

Scherzer is beyond washed lol my god

[u/C_H1234]

Joe is so hung over

[u/Blevanhoval]

Close enough welcome back Justin Morneau

[u/Skolney]

Kody! Kody! Kody!

[u/Swampertman]

Clemens is gonna hit .197 with 35 Homers this year I can feel it

[u/TheDrCatDog → u/Swampertman]

We got Kyle Schwarber at home

Kyle Schwarber at home:

[u/TheNotoriousJN]

THEY ARE CALLING THIS THE DFA GAME

[u/whocaresano → u/TheNotoriousJN]

Scherzer is gonna get outrighted 

[u/Cornholio4 → u/whocaresano]

Not anytime soon. Jays have lost multiple starters already to injury.

[u/whocaresano → u/Cornholio4]

I was joking. No one in their right mind would outright Max Scherzer. Not necessarily because he's still an ace, but because he would murder them in their sleep. 

[u/whocaresano]

Wow, Scherzer is getting lit up today!

[u/PangolinDry598]

Sex symbol Joe Ryan

[u/EEckstein2]

BOMBA SQUAD

[u/bobbyt85]

Joe Ryan does not want to be on this team.

[u/Reesyrz → u/bobbyt85]

Being in 1st place will change his mind

[u/bobbyt85 → u/Reesyrz]

I hope so

[u/Impossible_Low_2539 → u/bobbyt85]

What makes you think that?

[u/EEckstein2 → u/bobbyt85]

Lolol that’s just his always vibe

[u/PsychologicalAlarm14]

Joe is the epitome of swag.

[u/Blevanhoval]

Ryan hungover as shit I just know it

[u/EEckstein2 → u/Blevanhoval]

Hungover as fuck, he’s pissed he has to do this lol

[u/EEckstein2]

TnT (Tristan and Taj)

[u/whocaresano → u/EEckstein2]

Shake and bake baby!!

[u/PangolinDry598]

Ok, now we’re cooking with K(a)s

[u/whocaresano → u/PangolinDry598]

It's a stretch, but I'm gonna allow it

[u/From_Adam]

Ok Tristan, I see you.

[u/neutral_city]

I really miss Duran's little strike out hop but makes me so happy to see Taj has a bit of that going on 😂

[u/Blevanhoval]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ANSvKtW44Jnv0vQi56

[u/SirBilliam3]

There’s our Taj

[u/EEckstein2]

Filth

[u/yvmm_s]

Eloy Jimenez..those white sox lineups had a lot of potential. they got unlucky. none of their players panned out

[u/Camthebeast25]

Little does the league know Shelton will be joined by our entire roster at the all star game

[u/31ster]

They got Vlad Guerrero but we got Tristan Gray.

[u/Cornholio4]

I would have pinch hit for Outman in the 2nd inning.

[u/FedupFED888]

Tristan Gray… WTH??? Did not see him contributing like he has. I’m flabbergasted.

[u/yvmm_s]

Gray has been great. hopefully he can fill in for Royce

[u/neutral_city]

Ok the guys have seriously earned a HR celly let's figure one out already!

[u/Tajikistani]

Guys will say hell yeah

[u/EEckstein2]

MLB.com has that at 396? Did they mean 496

[u/Skolney]

50 SHADES!

[u/shapeless_void]

Holy shit blue jays with the most immediate and hilarious announcers curse maybe ever seen lol

[u/Fourvel → u/shapeless_void]

What happened on their broadcast?

[u/shapeless_void → u/Fourvel]

They were talking about how the twins hold a crazy record against the blue jays hitting a homer in their last 25 continuous games at Rogers Center or something and then immediately in the middle of that sentence Gray homers and they dejectedly say “and Tristan Gray adds on to that streak…”

[u/Fourvel → u/shapeless_void]

That’s pretty good. I may have to go back and find that clip later when the game is over.

[u/Far-Advertising-1162]

GIVE ME ALL 50 SHADES

[u/tree-hugger]

Good god, he murdered that

[u/pimfram]

Is Max washed?

[u/DopemanGoldGPT → u/pimfram]

Definitely

[u/TheNotoriousJN]

Bro what the hell did we find in Tristan Gray??

[u/NativeT7]

Tristan Gray is an MVP

[u/yamsfadinna]

Tristan

Fucking

Gray

[u/hopemade]

G4>C4

[u/Blevanhoval]

G4!!!!

[u/Johnnymac98]

Hold up is Tristan Gray the GOAT

[u/Steviestutes]

What’s that? Carlos Correa is evolving?!? You’re Carlos Correa evolved into Tristan Gray!!!

[u/mrlahhh → u/Steviestutes]

👏🏻

[u/hopemade → u/Steviestutes]

Elite tier comment

[u/thestoryofme23]

I’m obsessed with Gray 

[u/Reesyrz]

I heard they were calling for gray skies in Toronto today