Twins top Braves on Sano’s homer

MINNEAPOLIS — Miguel Sano’s pinch-hit, tworun homer in the ninth inning gave the Minnesota Twins a 5-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday night. Sano’s 19th home run of the season went an estimated 443 feet off reliever Chris Martin.

The Twins have won four in a row to stretch their lead over Cleveland in the AL Central to four games.

YANKEES 9, ORIOLES 6: New York hit five more home runs at Camden Yards, including two by Mike Tauchman, to set a major league record (32) for most in a season by a visiting team in one ballpark.

Jonathan Villar became the fifth Orioles player to hit for the cycle and first since Felix Pie on Aug. 14, 2009.

CUBS 6, ATHLETICS 5: Javier Baez hit two of Chicago’s four homers and the bullpen barely held on without Craig Kimbrel, who went on the injured list Monday.

BLUE JAYS 2, RAYS 0: Rookie Bo Bichette homered and scored both runs, Jacob Waguespack pitched six impressive innings and the Toronto ended host Tampa Bay’s six-game winning streak.

RANGERS 1, INDIANS 0: All-Star Mike Minor struck out seven over seven innings and Nomar Mazara drove in the lone run as Texas won at Cleveland.

RED SOX 7, ROYALS 5: Rick Porcello pitched six innings of one-run ball, Sam Travis hit a two-run homer and host Boston halted its eight-game losing streak.

BREWERS 9, PIRATES 7: Christian Yelich hit two home runs and took over the major league lead with 39, powering Milwaukee past host Pittsburgh.

DODGERS 8, CARDINALS 0: Rookie Tony Gonsolin allowed two hits in six innings to pick up his first major league victory for host Los Angeles.

PHILLIES 7, DIAMONDBACKS 3: Vince Velasquez allowed two runs in a season-high seven innings, leading Philadelphia to victory at Phoenix.

NATIONALS 4, GIANTS 0: Erick Fedde threw six innings to win for the first time in eight starts as Washington shut out host San Francisco.

METS 6-5, MARLINS 2-4: J.D. Davis, Michael Conforto and Pete Alonso homered in a seventh-inning rally, lifting New York over visiting Miami.

New York won the opener 6-2 as Jeff McNeil homered on Robert Dugger’s first pitch in the majors.

REDS 7, ANGELS 4: Luis Castillo struck out a careerhigh 13 and Cincinnati scored five first-inning runs on their way to a win over visiting Los Angeles.

WHITE SOX 7, TIGERS 4: All-Star Lucas Giolito ended a five-start winless streak, and Tim Anderson had three hits as Chicago won at Detroit.