Willi Castro hit a pair of 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.

The only negative for Minnesota Tuesday night was that Pablo Lopez exited the game with right shoulder tightness.

Willi Castro homered twice, Trevor Larnach homered once, and Byron Buxton added his ninth and 10th RBI in the past five days. Yet probably the most memorable performance, and certainly the most hopeful,