Right from the start, on Wednesday, it was clear this was not going to be Eric Lauer’s night when Twins leadoff hitter Byron Buxton took the Blue Jays’ starter over the outfield wall for a homer. Article content

It would, however, prove to be Toronto’s night as the sky over the Rogers Centre was lit up with homers, a wild evening of baseball that would end with the Jays prevailing in a 9-8 comeback slugfest, scoring three runs in the bottom of the eighth for their first lead of the game. Article content Article content

Seranaded to boos when he left Tuesday’s game, closer Jeff Hoffman flipped the script in this one, though he did give up a two-out double before recording the final out on a grounder for the save.

The teams combined for 24 hits, including eight homers, but no hit was

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