The Twins matched their season-high winning streak Wednesday, and Byron Buxton matched his career-high home-run streak. These occurrences are not unrelated. Buxton cracked a Charlie Morton curveball into the upper deck down the left field line with two runners on base in the third inning,

Byron Buxton homered for a third straight game and Harrison Bader had a pinch-hit homer to lift the Minnesota Twins to a 5-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles for their fourth consecutive victory.

The Orioles had plenty of chances to climb back into Wednesday’s game against the Minnesota Twins but never got their offense going.