BALTIMORE >> DaShawn Keirsey Jr. and Byron Buxton hit Minnesota’s first back-to-back homers this season, Chris Paddack pitched seven scoreless innings and the Twins extended their winning streak to 11 games with a 4-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday.

The win streak is the fourth-longest in Twins history and is the longest streak in the majors this season. For the second time in two weeks, Minnesota swept Baltimore after the Orioles had won all six games between the teams last season.

The Twins are in range of reaching a franchise-record streak, which is 15 straight wins set in 1991. They’ve twice had 12-game streaks, including one last season.

After the homers by Keirsey and Buxton gave the Twins a 3-0 lead in the top of the third, Buxton and shortstop Carlos Correa collided while chasing a fly ball in shallow center field. Buxton made the catch but both players stayed on the ground after the collision. Correa left the game with an athletic trainer, while Buxton stayed in before exiting in the fourth. The team said both were in concussion protocol.

The two players, who’ve missed a lot of time to injuries in recent seasons, had stayed healthy all season. They’ve both played in 41 of the team’s 44 games. Buxton’s recent offensive surge — a .286 average, seven homers and 18 RBIs in the past 22 games — has been a big part in the team’s turnaround from a 7-15 start.

Paddack gave up three hits and one walk, continuing his strong run. He struck out three on Thursday and has now allowed nine earned runs over his last seven starts, spanning 39 1/3 innings. Louis Varland and Jhoan Duran finished up the Twins’ third shutout this season.

Since giving up nine runs in his season opener, Paddack (2-3) has posted a 2.51 ERA over eight starts and pitched seven or more innings in consecutive starts for the first time in his seven-year MLB career. He lowered his ERA to 4.05.

Willi Castro and Royce Lewis had two hits each with Lewis reaching 500 for his career.

Tomoyuki Sugano (4-3) went 6 1/3 innings, giving up four runs on six hits and a walk while striking out three for Baltimore. Ryan O’Hearn had two hits for the Orioles.

Key moment

After the first two Orioles reached in the fifth, Paddack struck out O’Hearn and Cedric Mullins and then retired Emmanuel Rivera on a ground out.

Key stat

The Orioles have allowed 65 homers this season, most in the majors.

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Joe Ryan (3-2, 2.74) pitches for Minnesota against Milwaukee right-hander Chad Patrick (2-3, 3.19) on Friday in Milwaukee as part of MLB’s “Rivalry Weekend.”