The Minnesota Twins took the first step in turning around their fortunes Wednesday afternoon with a comeback victory to secure a series win.Powered by a 14-hit performance, the Twins rallied from an early three-run deficit to beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-5 and earn their first series win since late July. Josh Bell continued a torrid August with three hits, Alan Roden bounced back from a tough game with three hits of his own, and Royce Lewis and Brooks Lee each finished with two knocks.The Twins scored 18 runs and finished with 35 hits in three games against Baltimore, and an offense that has mostly languished since the All-Star break is showing signs it could be returning to form.“It was only a matter of time,” Bell said in a postgame TV interview. “We make a lot of contact, and went through a rut there for a couple of weeks, hitting balls right at people. But we knew we would turn things around. Just keep playing our game, keep putting the ball in play, and good things happen.”Twins chairman Tom Pohlad discusses the team's trade deadline strategyDan HayesEntering Wednesday’s finale, the Twins had produced three runs in 14 of their last 24 games. Overall, the team was hitting .227/.301/.364 in that span and averaging 3.9 runs per game with only 23 home runs.Part of the drop in production can be attributed to the absence of three-time All-Star Byron Buxton, who could come off the 10-day injured list as soon as Thursday. Since the break, Buxton has been limited to seven games with a right hip impingement. Even when he has played, he has produced only a .382 OPS in 27 plate appearances.Not having their best hitter surely accounted for some of the Twins’ struggles, but they were also slowed by facing three top-10 pitching staffs in series against the Seattle Mariners, Cleveland Guardians and Milwaukee Brewers, and they can’t seem to figure out left-handed pitching.Collectively, a chunk of players who excelled in June and early July are slumping in August. Catcher Ryan Jeffers has a .611 OPS this month; Trevor Larnach is sitting at .578; Victor Caratini is at .495; Kody Clemens is at .414; and Ryan Kreidler dropped all the way to .361.