MINNEAPOLIS — Kazuma Okamoto hit his third home run in two days, Brandon Valenzuela homered in an eight-run eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 11-4 Saturday afternoon.Lenyn Sosa and Myles Straw also went deep for Toronto, which scored a season high in runs while winning for the sixth time in eight games, but saw George Springer leave with an injury.Byron Buxton homered for the Twins for the third straight game and fifth in six outings, but the beleaguered Minnesota bullpen cost the team again.Eight Blue Jays scored against Luis García (0-1) and Anthony Banda before an out was recorded in the eighth inning. Okamoto and Sosa had RBI singles, and Davis Schneider ended an 0-for-27 skid with a two-run double before Valenzuela’s three-run shot.In the past six games, Twins relievers have allowed 20 runs in 20 1-3 innings.Springer left the game in the third inning after being hit by a pitch on the left foot. The four-time All-Star came off the 10-day injured list Wednesday after fouling off a pitch and breaking his left big toe on April 11 in another game against the Twins.Manager John Schneider said X-rays showed no new fracture.“Just the way he reacted it wasn’t like excruciating pain, so hopefully he’ll be all right in a day or so,” Schneider said, adding he had already planned to give Springer the day off on Sunday.Bux …
