Ryan Jeffers went 3-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs, and the Minnesota Twins coasted to a 13-6 win over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night in Minneapolis.

Victor Caratini also homered and drove in three runs for the Twins, who won for the seventh time in their past eight games. Byron Buxton and Ryan Kreidler also homered.

Jarren Duran hit a two-run homer to lead Boston at the plate. Wilyer Abreu and Caleb Durbin each added two hits and one RBI.

Twins right-hander Bailey Ober (2-0) allowed four runs on seven hits in six innings. He fanned seven, walked one and hit a batter.

Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet (2-2) surrendered 11 runs (10 earned) on nine hits in 1 2/3 innings. He walked three and struck out none.

The Twins pounced on the southpaw for 11 runs in the first two innings.

Minnesota started its damage with a four-run first. Austin Martin hit a one-out double, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on Luke Keaschall’s double to left. Moments later, Jeffers singled to drive in Keaschall and make it 2-0.

An error by Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story opened the door for the Twins to make it 4-0. Brooks Lee reached on an RBI infield single that scored Jeffers, and Story’s errant throw allowed Caratini to sprint home for another run.

If the first inning was bad for Crochet, the second was even worse.

With two on and one out, Jeffers produced an RBI single, and Josh Bell delivered a two-run double in the next at-bat. Then Caratini belted a 423-foot, three-run homer to left to put the Twins ahead 10-0.

Kreidler added a solo homer that traveled 438 feet to left to make it 11-0. That marked the final pitch for Crochet, who was replaced by left-hander Jovani Moran.

Boston clawed back for three runs in the third. Durbin drove an RBI double to left, and Duran followed with a two-run shot for his first homer of the season.

Buxton and Jeffers each hit solo home runs in the fifth to make it 13-3.

Story drove in a run with an RBI single in the sixth and the Red Sox pulled within 13-6 in the seventh on back-to-back RBI singles by Andruw Monasterio and Wilyer Abreu.

–Field Level Media

Mavrik Bourque completed his first career hat trick with the go-ahead goal late in the third period Monday night as the visiting Dallas Stars defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-5.

Bourque, who also had an assist for a career-best four-point game, scored from the edge of the crease at 14:52 of the third as the Stars rallied from a three-goal first-period deficit.

Jason Robertson added a goal and an assist for the Stars (49-20-12, 110 points), who have already clinched the second seed in the Central Division for the playoffs. Wyatt Johnston and Arttu Hyry also scored. Matt Duchene contributed three assists, and Casey DeSmith made 22 saves.

William Nylander had a goal and two assists for the Maple Leafs (32-35-14, 78 points), who will miss the playoffs and were playing their final home game of the season. John Tavares, Jacob Quillan, Max Domi and Nicholas Robertson (Jason’s brother) also scored. Matthew Knies had two assists, and Artur Akhtyamov stopped 26 shots.

Toronto scored the only three goals of the opening period, and Dallas replied with the only three of the second. The Maple Leafs regained the lead at 1:40 of the third when Domi scored on a pass from Nylander.

Nicholas Robertson gave Toronto a two-goal lead with a shot from 11 feet at 4:19 of the third.

Johnston scored on a power play at 8:17 of the third. Lorentz was off for holding.

Hyry got the tying goal at 9:38 when Toronto defenseman Troy Stecher put the puck into his own net.

Tavares opened the scoring with a power-play goal at 2:14 after the Stars gave up the puck while trying to clear it from behind the net. Hyry was off for high-sticking.

Quillan scored his first career NHL goal at 14:34, knocking in the puck from the edge of the crease following Steven Lorentz’s wraparound effort.

Nylander scored 1:16 later, batting home a bouncing rebound after Jake McCabe’s point shot.

The Stars tied the game with three consecutive goals in the second period.

Bourque scored from the left circle at 0:52 after pouncing on Nylander’s turnover in the Toronto zone.

Bourque scored again at 5:31 on a big rebound from Jason Robertson’s backhand effort.

Jason Robertson tied the game at 9:29, converting Duchene’s pass with a 13-foot wrist shot.

–Field Level Media