Sanchez rebounds behind pinpoint location

MINNEAPOLIS — With the Blue Jays new-look lineup stealing the headlines through two games at Target Field, perhaps the bigger storyline in two victories over the Twins has been the performance of Toronto’s starting pitchers.

On Friday, it was Aaron Sanchez’s turn to rebound after a tough outing in his last game. He struck out seven and walked none, allowing two runs on eight hits over seven innings in the Blue Jays’ 9-3 victory over the Twins.

Sanchez’s strong outing came on the heels of eight innings of two-run ball by Marco Estrada on Thursday.

Toronto entered the series having lost five consecutive games, with a slumping offence and a pitching staff that had allowed at least five runs in seven straight.

“Starting pitching is the name of the game and they’ve been so good all year long, the homestand before we got here, we had a couple bumps in the road. You could say we were almost due for that they’ve been so good,” said Blue Jays manager John Gibbons. “The key is, you move on past that one and that’s part of baseball.”

Sanchez has been mostly strong through his first eight starts, but allowed …

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