WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Willi Castro hit a pair of solo homers and the Minnesota Twins scored four runs in both the sixth and seventh innings to hand the Athletics their eighth straight loss and 19th in their last 20 games, 10-3 on Tuesday night.

Trevor Larnach and Castro homered and Byron Buxton added a two-run single in the sixth. Royce Lewis broke an 0-for-32 hitless streak with a bases-loaded two-run double in the seventh.

Castro's homers gave him six this season while Larnach's was his ninth in a three-hit night. Buxton had a career-high five RBIs in a 10-4 victory over the Athletics on Monday.

Pablo López (5-3) pitched five innings and gave up two runs on four hits, three walks while striking out four before leaving with right shoulder tightness while warming before the s

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