Yankees pound Twins for 8th straight win

Nestor Cortes Jr. pitched a career-high seven innings and Luke Voit drove in four runs on four hits as the New York Yankees rolled to an 10-2 rout of the Minnesota Twins Friday night at Yankee Stadium.

The Yankees extended their season-high winning streak to eight games. New York also won for the 20th time in 25 games since dropping three of four at Fenway Park to the Boston Red Sox July 22-25.

In his ninth career start