UNDER THE LIGHTS: This will be the 30th time that the Cubs have played back-to-back night games this year. They have played as many as five in a row. The Cubs are 19-10 in the second game of the previous pairs, including 10-3 after having lost the first game. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)

The Chicago Cubs and the Minnesota Twins play the middle contest in a 3-game interleague series Wednesday at Target Field in Minneapolis.

Byron Buxton scored the first run and started the Twins toward a bunch of them in a win over the NL Central leaders.