MINNEAPOLIS - Jose Bautista homered for the third time in two nights and Drew Hutchison threw six strong innings for his second career win and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 2-1 on Saturday night.

Bautista has just nine hits over his past 53 at-bats, but five of them have been home runs. He hit two in Friday night's loss, and his sixth-inning solo shot against Twins starter P.J. Walters (0-1) was the game-winner on Saturday.

In just his fifth appearance above Double-A, Hutchinson (2-1) allowed three hits with four walks and four strikeouts. Minnesota's run came in the fourth on a bases-loaded walk.

Francisco Cordero, Jason Frasor and Luis Perez combined for two innings of scoreless relief, and Casey Janssen picked up his second save in as many chances since taking over as closer for Cordero earlier in the week.

Walters was starting in place of Francisco Liriano, who was demoted to the bullpen earlier in the week. Walters pitched well in his first major league start since 2010, back when he played for St. Louis, allowing six hits in six innings while striking out five. But the struggling Twins offence couldn't provide much run support.

Minnesota had its chances after Bautista's homer. Minnesota went 0 for 9 with runners in scoring position and stranded six runners over the final four innings.

Hutchison breezed through his first three innings before running into trouble in the fourth, when he gave up the bases-loaded walk to Trevor Plouffe to give Minnesota a 1-0 lead. The Jays tied it the next inning on Adam Lind's RBI single that scored Colby Rasmus.

Notes: Twins slugger Justin Morneau (wrist) said he felt good after taking 25-30 swings off a tee before Saturday's game and was hopeful he'd be able to play once he's eligible to come off the DL on Wednesday. "We'll see once I start swinging more how everything goes, I'm pretty happy so far," the former AL MVP said. ... Bautista has 10 homers in 10 games at Target Field. He has 10 in 28 games at Fenway Park. "There's an energy that you feel that he will give off when he's swinging the bat like he's capable," Blue Jays manager John Farrell said before the game. "I think it just adds to the overall momentum that we can generate as a club and as a lineup." ... The Blue Jays and Twins wrap up their four-game series on Sunday when Toronto sends lefty Ricky Romero to the mound to face Minnesota's Scott Diamond.