TORONTO — An old bat was a difference-maker for the Toronto Blue Jays in a wild 9-8 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night.

Ty France sparked an eighth-inning rally with a solo homer and Addison Barger emerged from a 2-for-30 slump with a two-run double to help the Blue Jays to their AL-best 40th comeback win of the year.

Barger said France "randomly decided" to use one of his old bats from the cage before his pinch-hit appearance.

"I haven't seen the bat since last year and he had a homer with it," Barger said. "And I was like, 'Oh shoot, I'm going to use that.' And it worked."

Barger lined a slider from Michael Tonkin (2-1) off the top of the wall in right field to bring home Alejandro Kirk with the tying run and George Springer from first base with the go-ahead run.

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