KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau homered and the Minnesota Twins rallied for their 11th straight victory, 6-5 over the Kansas City Royals on Monday night.

The Twins trailed 5-3 going into the eighth inning and scored three runs on one hit, three walks, a hit batter, a throwing error by catcher John Buck and two wild pitches by Ambiorix Burgos.

Morneau, who drove in three runs, singled home Luis Castillo for the first run. Michael Cuddyer scored the second run on Buck’s throwing error to third base. Morneau scored the go-ahead run on Burgos’ second wild pitch of the inning.

Jesse Crain (2-4) pitched 1 1-3 innings of relief for the victory. Joe Nathan worked the ninth for his 15th save.

Andrew Sisco (0-2), the third of four Kansas City pitchers in the eighth, was charged with the loss. Burgos blew his eighth save in 21 opportunities.

Mauer, who leads the majors with a .391 average, homered on an 0-2 pitch from Scott Elarton leading off the sixth. Mauer’s home run, his sixth, landed in the Twins’ bullpen in left.

Morneau, who stretched his hitting streak to 11 games to match his career best, hit his 22nd home run with Cuddyer aboard in the second. Morneau has five home runs and 14 RBIs in his hitting streak. Morneau also had a run-scoring single in the eighth.

The Royals went ahead with a four-run sixth that was highlighted by Angel Berroa’s three-run double to chase Twins starter Johan Santana.

Berroa was hitting .143 in his previous 13 games and had one extra base hit since June 4, a span on 23 games, before the bases-clearing double.

Elarton allowed four runs and six hits over seven innings, while walking three and striking out one.

Santana, who gave up just five earned runs in going 5-0 in June and was selected AL pitcher of the month, allowed five runs, four earned, in 5 2-3 innings. He gave up six hits, walked three and hit a batter. Santana struck out seven, running his major league-leading total to 131.

Tony Graffanino and Mark Teahen singled to lead off the Royals’ second and both advanced on Mauer’s passed ball. Graffanino scored on Buck’s groundout for the first Kansas City run.

David DeJesus singled to lead off the third and doubled in the seventh, extending his hitting streak to 10 games, the longest by a Royal this season.

Notes: The Royals completed interleague play with a 10-8 record, their most victories in a season against National League opponents. … Kansas City LHP Jimmy Gobble makes his second start of the season on Tuesday. His first was May 24, a loss to Detroit. … This is the Twins’ longest streak since winning 11 in a row from Sept. 13-24, 2003.

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