Top National Sports Stories: Dodgers win again…Yanks, Bosox fall…Twins take division lead…Brewers get separation

UNDATED (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers earned their 10th consecutive win to keep their 2 ½-game lead over Arizona in the National League West. Cody Bellinger homered twice and the Dodgers scored five runs on four wild pitches in a 12-6 win against Colorado. The Diamondbacks kept pace by pulling out a 2-1 win over the Phillies on Daniel Descalso’s RBI single in the bottom of the 11th.

UNDATED (AP) — The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox continue to share first place in the American League East after both teams lost Sunday. The Yankees lost for the 10th time in 12 games as Adrian Beltre (BEHL’-tray), Shin-Soo Choo and Drew Robinson each homered off Michael Pineda (pih-NAY’-duh) to give the Rangers a 7-0 lead in a 7-6 victory in the Bronx. Ben Revere had three singles and Kaleb Cowart drove in two runs as the Los Angeles Angels topped the Red Sox, 4-2.

CLEVELAND — The Minnesota Twins have shot ahead of the Indians for the AL Central lead, moving a half-game in front with a 4-0 shutout of Cleveland. Ervin Santana surrendered nine hits but had seven strikeouts in six innings. Jason Castro’s three RBIs and Eddie Rosario’s homer helped the Twins complete a three-game sweep, one weekend after the Indians took four straight at Minnesota.

UNDATED (AP) — Milwaukee padded its division lead as Travis Shaw launched a mammoth, two-run homer and Zach Davis tossed four-hit ball over seven innings of the Brewers’ 7-0 shutout of the Braves in Atlanta. Keon Broxton added three hits and three RBIs as the NL Central-leading Brewers opened a 1 1/2-game lead over the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs were 4-2 losers at Miami despite Mike Montgomery, who gave up three unearned runs following Addison Russell’s first-inning error.

UNDATED (AP) — The Washington Nationals continue to lead the NL East by nine games over Atlanta, while the Houston Astros top the AL West by 13 games over the Los Angeles Angels and Texas Rangers. The Reds won for just the second time in 15 games as Scooter Gennett (jeh-NEHT’) homered among his four hits to lead a 6-2 win at Washington. The Astros completed a 6-1 road trip by getting homers from George Springer, Yuli Gurriel (YOO’-lee GUR’-ee-ehl) and Evan Gattis in an 8-2 whipping of Seattle.