TORONTO 7, MINNESOTA 2 IN TORONTO

Date:  Thursday, April 4.

Batting stars:  Doug Mientkiewicz was 2-for-4 with a double.  Jacque Jones was 2-for-4.

Pitching stars:  None.

Opposition stars:  Roy Halladay struck out eight in eight innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on five hits and no walks.  Raul Mondesi was 4-for-5 with a home run and a double, scoring three times and driving in three.  Eric Hinske was 3-for-5 with three doubles.

The game:  The Twins scored in the top of the first, as Jones singled and Mientkiewicz doubled to put on second and third with one out.  A David Ortiz ground out plated the run.  The Blue Jays tied it in the third inning when a Darren Fletcher sacrifice fly scored Mondesi, who had led off the inning with a double.  Corey Koskie's RBI single in the fourth brought home Torii Hunter to give Minnesota a 2-1 lead.  From there, though, it was all Toronto.  A single, two doubles, and two more singles brought home three runs in the bottom of the fourth and chased starter Joe Mays.  In the sixth, back-to-back doubles by Shannon Stewart and Hinske made it 5-2 Blue Jays.  They added two more in the eighth on Mondesi's two-run homer.  The Twins got two on with none out in the ninth, but a fly out and two strikeouts ended the threat.

WP:  Halladay.  LP:  Mays.  S:  None.

Notes:  Jay Canizaro replaced Luis Rivas at second base and went 0-for-4...Denny Hocking replaced Cristian Guzman at shortstop and went 0-for-3...Mays pitched 3.2 innings, giving up four runs on nine hits and two walks with two strikeouts...The Twins made three errors, one each by Canizaro, Koskie, and Mays,

Record:  The Twins were 2-1, tied for first place with Cleveland.