Bader (illness) slugged a two-run home run as a pinch hitter in a 5-2 win against the Orioles on Wednesday. Bader began the game on the bench for the second day in a row due to an illness. However, he felt well enough to pinch hit in the seventh inning,

The Twins matched their season-high winning streak Wednesday night, 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,

The San Francisco Giants have good feelings going into their Friday night game against the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis.