Here are three thoughts following the Twins' 3-2 win over Toronto/


GIBSON GRINDS THROUGH: To hold Toronto to two runs over 5.2 innings was a major accomplishment for Kyle Gibson on Saturday. He didn't have his best stuff and he was erratic. He still had a decent sinker though, and used it to get double plays in each of the first three innings. The Blue Jays must be beside themselves for going 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position. With some of the hitters in that lineup, those types of opportunities are supposed to be converted. Ground balls hit right a people saved Gibson and the Twins on Saturday. ``These starters know it's not going to be smooth sailing," Twins manager Paul Molitor said. ``The stuff is not going to be as crisp as you would like, and command. Gibby, his numbers are really good but he's had games where he's had to fight. Sometimes he keeps the pitches down and gets you that seventh or eighth inning. But there are times where he's got to figure out how to get out of innings, the pitch count goes up and we just take what we can get."

DOZIER POP: Phil Miller pointed this out. Of Brian Dozier's last 11 hits, 10 have been for extra bases - four doubles, one triple, five home runs. His last single was May 17. What was impressive about his triple today was that it was to the opposite field. Dozier has been working on driving the ball away during batting practice and is looking for ways to attack pitched a certain way,

CATCHERS INTERFERENCE: The Twins object to the way Russell Martin comes forward as he attempts to throw basestealers out. In the fifth inning, Aaron Hicks looked to have stolen second base but home plate umpire Lance Barksdale ruled that Nunez interfered with Martin as he threw to second. Replays show that Nunez's bat hit Martin during the follow-through, but then Martin comes forward to throw, bumps into Nunez and falls down. Looked like embellishment to me, and Molitor charged out of the dugout to speak with Barksdale. ``We had a little issue there with how that one play unfolded," Molitor said. ``He got hit with the backswing first. That proceeded the contact that Nunez night have somewhat contributed to by finishing his swing. Then the throw, he made it look like the reason they had no chance on the play. If you get backswing interference and the guy is safe you can just put him back at first. He said the interference was a bigger contributor than the backswing. I probably didn't argue it very well, to be honest. My case was more of the fact that Martin was really coming out fast every time we're running. If I had slowed my mind down I might have thought more about the fact there was contact with the swing before there was contact with the players."