Twins’ Buxton hits for cycle in victory

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The Minnesota Twins’ Byron Buxton runs the bases after hitting a home run in the seventh inning that completed his cycle in a 12-4 victory over the Pirates. Abbie Parr / ap

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Minnesota Twins All-Star center fielder Byron Buxton hit for the cycle Saturday in a 12-4 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates.

The cycle was the first for any player in Target Field history since the ballpark opened in 2010. It was the first cycle by a Twins player since Jorge Polanco had one in 2019.

Buxton crushed a 427-foot solo homer off Pirates reliever Andrew Heaney with two outs in the seventh to complete the cycle on Buxton’s bobblehead giveaway night.

Buxton has 21 home runs this season.

Cubs 5, Yankees 2: Chicago’s Matthew Boyd won a matchup of All-Star left-handers as Max Fried (11-3) left after three innings because of yet another blister on his pitching hand, and the visiting Cubs stopped New York’s five-game winning streak.

Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer in the ninth off Brad Keller, his 35th of the season, and became the fastest player to 350 home runs. Playing his 1,088th game, Judge bettered Mark McGwire’s 1,280.

Boyd (10-3) won his fourth straight start, giving up four hits in eight scoreless innings.

Red Sox 1, Rays 0: All-Star Garrett Crochet (10-4) pitched a three-hitter with nine strikeouts for his first career shutout and complete game, leading host Boston past Tampa Bay for its ninth straight victory.

Carlos Narváez drove in the lone run for the Red Sox.

Mariners 15, Tigers 7: Randy Arozarena homered and scored four times as visiting Seattle defeated Detroit.

Arozarena singled and scored in the second, was hit by a pitch and scored on Luke Raley’s homer in the third, and singled and scored in the seventh before hitting a two-run homer in the eighth.

Mets 3, Royals 1: Juan Soto homered to lead visiting New York past Kansas City. Soto’s two-run shot into the right field fountains opened the scoring in the fourth. Over his past 20 games, Soto has nine home runs and 19 RBIs.

Red Sox pitcher Dobbins out for season: Red Sox right-hander Hunter Dobbins said Saturday his season is over after he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee a night earlier while covering first base in the second inning of Boston’s 5-4 walk-off win over Tampa Bay.