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Blue Jays beat Twins 6-1; stay 2 back in AL wild-card race

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Teoscar Hernández, Marcus Semien and George Springer homered, and the Toronto Blue Jays held their position in the playoff chase by beating the Minnesota Twins 6-1 Saturday night.

Robbie Ray (13-6) scattered three hits in six innings as the Blue Jays ended a three-game slide.

Toronto stayed two games behind Boston and New York in the AL wild-card race with seven games remaining.

“We did what we do tonight,” Semien said. “ … We knew we have our ace on the mound and put up some more runs and do our thing.”

Semien hit his 43rd home run in the sixth for a 3-1 lead.