In just over a month, Major League Baseball’s best and brightest stars will descend upon Atlanta for the annual midsummer classic.

Byron Buxton has been making a push for inclusion on the American League All-Star team all season long, but it was never more evident than on Wednesday night, when the native Georgian showed exactly why, using his bat, glove and speed to help the Twins to a 6-2 win over the Texas Rangers in the second game of their series at Target Field.

“He’s doing everything right now,” manager Rocco Baldelli said.

In the top of the third inning, with the Twins (36-31) trailing by two, Buxton laid out for a ball tailing away from him, making a spectacular diving grab to save a run — or maybe two. The ball was hit in between Buxton and left fielder Willi Castro, who said he didn’t have a chance at making the catch.

“I think he’s the No. 1 outfielder with the most range in the big leagues,” Castro said. “It caught me by surprise when he caught that, because I knew it was hit right between us.”

And then just minutes after he halted the rally by the Rangers (32-36), Buxton demolished a pitch from starter Jack Leiter. Buxton got ahold of a slider and hit it up into the second deck in center field, into the Delta SKY360° Suite, earning himself what he called “big boy status.”

Since 2016, just 10 home runs have landed there.

The ball went an estimated 479 feet, making it the longest home run of Buxton’s career and the second-longest in the majors this season, behind just a 484-foot Mike Trout blast.

“I ain’t going to lie — I knew that was a good one,” he said. “It’s weird. My last one was off a slider, too. I don’t hit fastballs far, but I can hit a slider.”

Matt Wallner and Ty France scored on the home run, which gave the Twins a 3-2 lead and put them on top for good with the sequence of events shifting the momentum of the game.

“Saving the runs and immediately putting something on the board, that deflates you very quickly,” Buxton said.

Buxton, who walked in his first plate appearance of the night, would add a double and a single, falling just a triple shy of the cycle. He ended the bottom of the eighth in the on-deck circle before getting a crack at accomplishing the rare feat.

The center fielder, who stole a base later in the game, also nearly snagged another run with his speed in the fifth inning, racing home on a contact play. He was ruled out on a close play at the plate that ended up getting reviewed. But even though they didn’t get the call, the Twins would go on to score three more runs in the inning to pull away.

The four-run lead likely extended starter David Festa’s outing. Festa came back out for the sixth inning and threw a perfect frame to end his day.

Rebounding from a start against the Athletics in which he gave up eight runs, Festa allowed just two runs on three hits.

Marcus Semien’s home run in the second inning gave the Rangers an early lead, and Festa gave up one more run in the third inning before Buxton’s catch stopped the Rangers in their tracks for good.

“The fact that he made the play just shows how special of a player he is,” Festa said. “And it helped me out big time.”