The Minnesota Twins will take on Louie Varland, Ty France and the first place Toronto Blue Jays Monday night. The BJs lead the Red Sox by 5 games in the AL East. The Twins will likely be facing a nearly full-strength Toronto Blue Jays lineup when they open the three-game series— with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. expected to return to everyday action.

As fall baseball creeps closer, the Blue Jays have a lightning rod in Alejandro Kirk. And lately, he’s doing plenty to jolt Toronto’s offense. Kirk has long been a defensive stalwart. The numbers back

Max Scherzer pitched six innings and won his third straight start, Alejandro Kirk and Andrés Giménez homered and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 10-4.