Cubs power past Orioles to win fourth straight

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The Cubs’ Christopher Morel hits a home run during the third inning of Friday’s game.The Cubs hit three third-inning home runs and broke the game open with a six-run sixth to beat the Orioles 10-3 on Friday at a chilly Wrigley Field.

Despite a game-time temperature of 57 degrees with winds blowing in from the north at 12 mph, Miguel Amaya, Dansby Swanson and Christopher Morel all homered to left field off Baltimore starter Cole Irvin. The Swanson and Morel drives were back-to-back for the Cubs, who won their fourth straight and sixth of seven.

Morel, whose homer was his 12th and fell a triple shy of the cycle, was part of an offense that scored in double-digits for the third…