Barger hits 2-run HR, Bichette has go-ahead 2-run single as Blue Jays beat Twins 6-4

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Addison Barger hit a two-run home run, Bo Bichette had a go-ahead two-run single in the fifth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 6-4 on Friday night for their fifth straight victory.

Trevor Larnach homered two batters into the first off rookie Paxton Schultz to give the Twins the lead and tie him for the team lead with 10. Kody Clemens had a run-scoring ground out and Christian Vázquez hit a two-out RBI double to make it 3-0 in the second.

Bailey Ober hit Vladimir Guerrero Jr. with a pitch to begin the fourth and then gave up his first hit when Barger homered to right field to get Toronto to 3-2. Five of Barger's seven homers have come in his last seven games.

Ernie Clement singled leading off the fifth and Andrés Giménez doubled before Bichette blooped a single to center for a 4-3 lead.

George Springer hit his ninth home run — a solo shot off Mason Fluharty to make it 5-3 in the sixth.

Guerrero doubled leading off the eighth and scored on Alejandro Kirk's single for a 6-3 lead.

Ober (4-2) retired the first eight Blue Jays before walking Andrés Giménez on a full count. He allowed five runs and five hits in seven innings.

Eric Lauer (2-1) replaced Schultz to begin the third and allowed a hit in 2 1/3 scoreless innings to get the win. Fluharty and Yariel Rodríguez both got four outs, and Jeff Hoffman pitched the ninth for his 14th save in 17 opportunities.

Royce Lewis went 3 for 3 for Minnesota, which was coming off a 5-5 road trip.

Lewis had a two-out RBI single in the home eighth off Brendan Little to get the Twins within two runs, but Little left the tying runs stranded when Clemens grounded out.

Toronto is 236-193 all time against Minnesota, but the Twins have won the season series in six of the last seven years.

Blue Jays RHP Kevin Gausman (5-4, 3.82 ERA) starts Saturday against Twins RHP Chris Paddack (2-5, 3.58).

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Minnesota Twins manager Rocco Baldelli (5) talks with home plate umpire Jordan Baker after a strike three call on Minnesota Twins' Ryan Jeffers (27) during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Friday, June 6, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Toronto Blue Jays'Andrés Giménez (0), front, and Ernie Clement (22) celebrate after scoring during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Friday, June 6, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Toronto Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (27), left, celebrates after hitting a double during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Friday, June 6, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Jeff Hoffman (23), left, and catcher Alejandro Kirk (30) hug after a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Friday, June 6, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Toronto Blue Jays' Bo Bichette (11) walks back to the dugout after being caught stealing second base during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Friday, June 6, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)