AROUND THE HORN

Yankees, Twins: Aaron Judge hit a tying threerun HR off Alex Colomé with two outs in the eighth inning, Gary Sánchez lined a winning single in the 10th, and the Yankees overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Twins 6-5 on Monday in New York. The Yankees, their season spinning out of control in the last two weeks, won for just the fourth time in 16 games following a 13-game winning streak. They closed within a half-game of the AL wildcard leading Blue Jays and Red Sox with 18 games to play. The Jays were idle, while the Red Sox played the Mariners in Seattle. Gleyber Torres, who lost his shortstop job and was moved to second base, was the automatic runner on second under pandemic rules when Sánchez singled sharply with one out in the 10th off Ralph Garza Jr. (1-3). Torres scored standing up as the Yankees streamed out of the dugout. Jorge Polanco and Miguel Sanó hit two-run HRs in the first inning, and Byron Buxton added a solo HR for a 5-0 lead in the third off rookie Luis Gil. DJ LeMahieu began the comeback with a sacrifice fly in the sixth that Max Kepler caught with a leap against the right-field wall. Joey Gallo hit his 33rd HR, his eighth with the Yankees, in the seventh off Tyler Duffey. Duffey walked pinch-hitter Anthony Rizzo leading off the eighth and Brett Gardner with two outs. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli, taking issue with the calls of plate umpire Jeff Nelson, was ejected, and Colomé relieved. Judge, back in the lineup a day after leaving in the third against the Mets because of dizziness, sent a cutter to the opposite field in right for his 33rd HR. Catcher Ryan Jeffers set up low and away, and Colomé left the pitch up and in. Clay Holmes (5-1) pitched the 10th after Aroldis Chapman (6-4) stranded two runners when he retired Polanco on a flyout in front of the center-field warning track, part of four scoreless innings by the Yankees bullpen. The Yankees ended a six-game home losing streak, their longest in a decade. The Twins have dropped four of five overall and at 63-81 are assured of not finishing with a winning record. Twins starter John Gant lasted just 12 pitches and two outs, leaving after straining his lower abdomen. The team arrived for the makeup of an Aug. 22 rainout after a 5-3 home loss to the Royals and headed back to Minneapolis for a series opener against Indians on Tuesday.

Royals, Dodgers: Royals OF Andrew Benintendi was nearly unstoppable at the plate, while Dodgers ace Max Scherzer was nearly perfect on the mound. They were selected as the AL and NL players of the week.

Benintendi batted .500 (14-for-28) and drove in an MLB-best 14 runs during his seven-game week. That was highlighted by his two-HR, five-RBI performance during a Royals 6-4 road win over the Twins on Friday. It was the second time in three days that Benintendi had driven in five runs in a game. Scherzer dominated for the Dodgers as he struck out 22 batters with no walks across two starts (16 innings). He also became the 19th pitcher to record 3,000 strikeouts, while also flirting with a perfect game against the Padres on the same day.