Article: TORONTO 8, TWINS 5; Off on the wrong foot again; The Twins continued to drop series openers, despite twice overcoming two-run deficits. The Blue Jays played the trump card: Matt Stairs' two-run homer in the eighth.(SPORTS)

Byline: La Velle E. Neal III; Staff Writer

The Twins failed to begin another series on a winning note on Monday during their 8-5 loss to Toronto.

Righthander Kevin Slowey was hit hard early, then the Twins bullpen failed to keep the score tied late. The Twins have lost the first game of a series in five of their past six series, and they fell to 1-6 on Mondays.

The Twins loss enabled Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay to improve to 5-0 since returning from the disabled list in May. Toronto hit three homers off Twins pitching as they won their fourth consecutive game.

The decisive blow was a two-run shot by Matt Stairs off Matt Guerrier in ...

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