ARLINGTON, Texas -AP- Ervin Santana delivered his fourth straight outstanding start, Miguel Sano sparked a seven-run fifth inning with a leadoff homer and the Minnesota Twins pounded the Texas Rangers 8-1 on Tuesday night.Santana (4-0) allowed a run, four hits and one walk with six strikeouts in seven innings. He went into the game leading major league starters in ERA (0.64) and opponents' batting average (.099). 
Santana's standout performance came at a venue that had previously frustrated him. In 17 previous starts at Globe Life Park, he was 6-7 with a 6.93 ERA.Kennys Vargas also homered for Minnesota, his first since being recalled from Triple-A Rochester last Sunday.Both homers came off Andrew Cashner (0-2), who labored through his four-plus innings. He matched a career high with six walks, allowed five hits, had a wild pitch and threw 92 pitches.Texas' Joey Gallo hit a solo homer in the fifth, his team-leading seventh of the season and fifth in the last seven games.Cashner was chased by Sano's home run, his fifth of the season, on an 0-2 curve ball launched into the second deck down the left field line. It was the 21st homer hit in that area in Globe Life Park's 24 seasons.Sano also had two singles.After Anthony Bass replaced Cashner, the next six Twins reached on three doubles, two singles and an infield error.Cashner has pitched 15 1/3 innings this season, and Texas has yet to score for him. His three opposing starters all rank in the AL's top eight in ERA.SHORT HOPSTwo Rangers baserunners were thrown out trying to advance on pitches that got away from Twins catcher Jason Castro. ... Shin-Soo Choo led off for Texas for the first time this season after batting second in his previous 13 starts. ... Eddie Rosario had two hits to extend his hitting streak to eight games, matching a career high.
Santana's standout performance came at a venue that had previously frustrated him. In 17 previous starts at Globe Life Park, he was 6-7 with a 6.93 ERA.Kennys Vargas also homered for Minnesota, his first since being recalled from Triple-A Rochester last Sunday.Both homers came off Andrew Cashner (0-2), who labored through his four-plus innings. He matched a career high with six walks, allowed five hits, had a wild pitch and threw 92 pitches.Texas' Joey Gallo hit a solo homer in the fifth, his team-leading seventh of the season and fifth in the last seven games.Cashner was chased by Sano's home run, his fifth of the season, on an 0-2 curve ball launched into the second deck down the left field line. It was the 21st homer hit in that area in Globe Life Park's 24 seasons.Sano also had two singles.After Anthony Bass replaced Cashner, the next six Twins reached on three doubles, two singles and an infield error.Cashner has pitched 15 1/3 innings this season, and Texas has yet to score for him. His three opposing starters all rank in the AL's top eight in ERA.SHORT HOPSTwo Rangers baserunners were thrown out trying to advance on pitches that got away from Twins catcher Jason Castro. ... Shin-Soo Choo led off for Texas for the first time this season after batting second in his previous 13 starts. ... Eddie Rosario had two hits to extend his hitting streak to eight games, matching a career high.
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