MINNEAPOLIS >> Brooks Lee had a go-ahead two-run double with two outs in the eighth inning to propel the Minnesota Twins to a 5-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday, completing a three-game sweep with their fifth straight victory.

Lee’s double came off reliever Gregory Soto, who entered after Yennier Cano (0-2) walked Harrison Bader leading off and Byron Buxton with one out. Soto struck out Trevor Larnach before Lee doubled to center. Ty France followed with an RBI single for a three-run lead.

Buxton went 0 for 2 after homering in three straight games, but he walked twice, scored two runs, stole a base and threw a runner out at home.

Emmanuel Rivera and Ramón Laureano had RBI doubles in back-to-back innings off Twins starter Bailey Ober to take a 2-1 lead in the third.

Buxton threw out Rivera, who doubled and was trying to score on a Gunnar Henderson single in the sixth.

The Twins tied it in the bottom half on a leadoff homer by Larnach — his fifth. Kremer has surrendered eight of Baltimore’s MLB-high 55 homers.

Ober allowed two runs — one earned — on eight hits in five innings. Griffin Jax (1-2) pitched a scoreless eighth and Jhoan Duran earned his sixth save.

Kremer went seven innings, allowing two runs on three hits with eight strikeouts for the Orioles, who have lost five straight and 9 of 11.

Minnesota’s Royce Lewis is in a 0-for-30 slump dating to last season.

Orioles catcher Maverick Handley singled in the fourth for his first career hit.

Twins pitchers entered with the fifth-best ERA in the AL at 3.48 and fourth in strikeouts with 327. The Orioles were last in both at 5.50 and 247.

Royals 10, White Sox 0 >> Bobby Witt Jr. had four hits, Kris Bubic pitched seven innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 10-0 on Thursday to complete a four-game series sweep.

Salvador Perez had three RBIs as the Royals posted their sixth consecutive win. Jonathan India had two hits, two RBIs and scored three times.

Bubic (4-2) allowed six hits, struck out seven and walked one. Chris Stratton and Steven Cruz each got three outs for the Royals, finishing a six-hitter.

Kansas City scored its first six runs on two-out hits.

The Royals jumped in front in the first against Davis Martin (1-4). Vinnie Pasquantino singled and scored on Perez’s ninth double in his last 12 games.

Witt singled and stole second before scoring on a single by Perez for a 2-0 lead in the third.

Witt singled, stole his 13th base and scored on a two-run triple by Maikel Garcia in the fifth. India and Witt added back-to-back RBI doubles in the sixth.

Martin allowed four runs and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings.

The White Sox have lost a club-record 11 straight games at Kauffman Stadium.

Tigers 10, Rockies 2 (1st Game) >> Casey Mize pitched six effective innings, Spencer Torkelson had three RBIs and the Detroit Tigers beat the Colorado Rockies 10-2 on Thursday in the first game of a doubleheader.

Andy Ibáñez had two hits and two RBIs for AL Central-leading Detroit, which won for the sixth time in seven games. Trey Sweeney had two hits and scored twice.

Mize (6-1) struck out eight in his fourth consecutive win. He permitted one run and three hits while moving into a tie with Yankees left-hander Max Fried for the most wins in the majors.

Colorado left-hander Kyle Freeland (0-5) was charged with nine runs — five earned — and 11 hits in three innings.

The last-place Rockies finished with three errors and four hits.

Tigers 10, Rockies 1 (2nd Game) >> Keider Montero pitched eight strong innings, Colt Keith homered, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Colorado Rockies 11-1 in the second game on Thursday to sweep their doubleheader.

Spencer Torkelson had three hits and Brewer Hicklen singled in the third for his first career hit for Detroit. The Tigers won the first game 10-2 and finished 7-3 on their 10-game road trip.

Montero (1-1) allowed a run and five hits to earn his first victory since Sept. 15, 2024. Two of Montero’s seven career wins have come against the Rockies. He blanked them on Sept. 10, 2024, for his only complete game and has a 0.53 ERA against them.

Colorado has lost six in a row and is a major league-worst 6-31.

The Tigers trailed 1-0 but rallied in the third against Tanner Gordon (0-1), who was making his first start of the season.

With bases loaded and no outs, Kerry Carpenter hit a grounder to Ryan McMahon at third base. The ball went through the webbing of McMahon’s glove for a base hit, and Gleyber Torres followed with his three-run double.

Torkelson doubled and Jace Jung singled to drive in two more and make it a six-run inning.

Keith homered off Tyler Kinley in the seventh, his fourth of the season.