Dodgers power way to 10th win in row THE SCORE

DODGERS 8, TWINS 5

Up next: hands with rookie right-hander Ryan Pepiot on the mound.

The Twins had baserunners against Pepiot in each of his five innings. Pepiot was able to work around some of the traffic. But he made two costly mistakes.

In the third inning, he left a slider belt-high over the inner half of the strike zone and Jorge Polanco crushed it, sending it 405 feet into the seats down the rightfield line for a three-run home run.

And in the fifth inning, Pepiot grooved a 1-and-0 fastball to Gary Sanchez. Sanchez deposited it in the right-field pavilion for a solo homer.

The Dodgers made that 4-2 deficit go away with a four-batter barrage in the bottom of the fifth. Mookie Betts started it with a double and scored on Trea Turner's RBI single. After Freddie Freeman popped out, Will Smith tied the game with a two-out RBI double.

Since dragging a 1-for-25 through the All-Star break and out the other side, Smith has been the Dodgers' hottest hitter. He is 19 for 48 with six doubles, two home runs and 15 RBIs over his past 12 games.

An inning later, Taylor put the Dodgers back on top at an unexpected moment — with two outs, no one on and down 0-and-2. He sent a curveball from Twins reliever Michael Fulmer that was about to nip the outside corner into the left-field pavilion instead.

In the seventh, Turner doubled and was still on second when the Twins opted to intentionally walk Smith with two outs. Dave Roberts sent Gallo up to pinch-hit and he hit his first home run since joining