Baltimore (AP) -Dashawn Keirsey jr. And Byron Buxton hit the first back-to-back Homers of Minnesota this season. Chris Paddack scored seven innings and the twins expanded their finish line to 11 games on Thursday with a 4-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. The finish line is the fourth longest in twin history. The record is 15 straight in 1991. They had a winning line of 12 games last season. The twins swept the season series 6-0 after being swept 6-0 by the Orioles last year. After the homers gave the twins a 3-0 lead in the top of the third, middle field worker Buxton and short-stop Carlos Correa collided while chasing a shallow flying ball that Caught Buxton. Correa left the match while Buxton remained in fourth place. The team said both were in concussion protocol. Paddack gave up three hits and one step. He strikes three. Louis Varland and Jhoan Duran ended the twins’ third closure this season. Since Paddack gave up nine runs in his season opener, Paddack has started a 2.51 era over eight and seven or more innings consecutive start for the first time in his seven-year MLB career. Willi Castro and Royce Lewis had two strokes each with Lewis reaching 500 for his career. Tomoyuki Sugano (4-3) had 6 1/3 overs and gave up four runs on six strokes and a hike while knocking out three. Ryan O’Hearn had two hits for the Orioles. After the first two Orioles reached fifth, Paddack O’Hearn and Cedric Mullins knocked out and then retired Emmanuel Rivera on a ground. The Orioles allowed 65 homers this season, most in the majors. Joe Ryan (3-2, 2.74) stands for Minnesota against Chad Patrick of Milwaukee (2-3, 3.19) and Kyle Gibson of Baltimore (2-4, 3.59) will face Washington’s Mackenzie Gore (0-2, 13.11) on Friday. ___
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