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 has been on a tear lately for the Twins, who have pulled back to within three games of the .500 mark.

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 on Wednesday night for their fourth consecutive victory.