Sanchez, Gregorius power Yanks over Twins

Didi Gregorius continued his torrid start with a two-run homer among three hits and drove in three runs to give him an major-league-best 27 RBIs as the New York Yankees beat the visiting Minnesota Twins 8-3 on Tuesday night.

Gregorius hit an RBI single in his second at-bat in the third and hit his eighth homer of the season in the fifth off Jose Berrios (2-2). Gary Sanchez recorded his ninth career multi-homer game, and Aaron Judge homered and had three hits as the Yankees won for the seventh time in nine games.

CC Sabathia (1-0) made his second start since returning from a hip injury and allowed an unearned run and two hits in six innings. The left-hander struck out four, walked one, threw 82 pitches and recorded his 20th career victory over the Twins.

In other MLB action, Curtis Granderson homered with one out in the 10th inning, his third hit and third RBI of the game, and the host Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3.

It was the third homer of the season for Granderson and his fourth career walk-off homer. The blast came against Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel (0-1).

Blue Jays reliever Tyler Clippard (3-0) pitched around a walk in the top of the 10th to earn the win. Blue Jays closer Roberto Osuna blew the save in the ninth, allowing Boston to tie the game at 3 on four hits, a walk and two runs.

Meanwhile, Andrelton Simmons socked two home runs, and the Los Angeles Angels fended off a late rally to win 8-7 at the Houston Astros.

Simmons belted his second homer of the season leading off the second inning against Astros right-hander Charlie Morton, then struck a bigger blow with his twoout, three-run shot off Joe Smith to cap the Angels’ fourrun seventh. The latter blast provided Los Angeles with an 8-5 lead.

Angels right-hander Shohei Ohtani dazzled yet struggled with his command, posting multiple triple-digit fastballs while issuing five walks and yielding four runs over 51/3 innings