Marwin Gonzalez, Byron Buxton hit homers as Twins beat Rays

Marwin Gonzalez and Byron Buxton both homered and drove in two runs as the visiting Minnesota Twins kept scoring, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2 on Saturday.

Minnesota, which owns the best record in the majors at 39-18, has scored at least three runs in 25 straight games, setting a single-season franchise record.

The Twins, who lead the majors with 108 homers, failed to go deep while splitting the first two games of the series at Tropicana Field.

Kyle Gibson allowed one unearned run and six hits over five innings for Minnesota.

Angels 6, Mariners 3: Kole Calhoun and Mike Trout homered late, Andrew Heaney struck out 10 and Los Angeles overcame two home runs by Edwin Encarnacion to win in Seattle. Calhoun’s second home run of the series broke a 3-3 tie and helped overcome Encarnacion’s 34th multi-home run game. The designated hitter tied the score in the sixth with a two-run shot, his second of the game and 15th this season.

Yankees 5, Red Sox 3: Gary Sanchez hit a tie-breaking, two-run homer in the fifth inning, Aroldis Chapman escaped trouble in the ninth and New York’s bullpen held tight again to beat visiting Boston. After starter Domingo German was chased early, six Yankee relievers combined for 5 ⅓ scoreless innings. Boston went 2-for-14 with runners in scoring position, including seven strikeouts.

Brewers 12, Pirates 10: Orlando Arcia hit his second homer of the game, a two-run drive in the 13th inning that sent visiting Milwaukee over Pittsburgh. Both teams blew late leads before Arcia connected with two outs off Alex McRae for his first multi-homer game in the majors. Earlier, Arcia hit a two-run homer in the second.

Indians 5, White Sox 2: Carlos Santana and Leonys Martin homered and Cleveland ended...