BALTIMORE — In a season filled with intoxicating success, an injury to a big Yankees talent has sucked some of the sweetness out of victories but hasn’t eliminated ways to overcome the hurts.

More of the same surfaced Tuesday evening when the Yankees beat the Orioles, 9-4, in front of an announced crowd of 17,201 at Camden Yards and extended their winning streak to seven following a one-hour and 12-minute rain delay at the start.

They slugged six homers — three in the third inning — Nestor Cortes, Jr. provided 2¹/₃ innings of solid relief and Adam Ottavino recorded a six-out save.

And yet, for the second time in three games All-Star second baseman Gleyber Torres was forced out of a game because of what the club described as core pain.

Torres, who underwent tests at a New York hospital after leaving Sunday night’s win over the Red Sox, was the DH Monday night and started at second Tuesday evening. But after Mike Tauchman and DJ LeMahieu hit back-to-back homers and Didi Gregorius added another solo blast in the third, Torres was gone from the game and headed to New York for more tests.

“It’s a similar sensation when he came out the other night,’’ Aaron Boone said of Torres, whose tests on Sunday didn’t include an MRI exam. Torres said he was tested for a hernia on the right side. “Just continue to get to the bottom of it the best we can. Hopefully we will have more information [Wednesday].’’

Torres said he was fine Monday when he went 0-for-5 and would play second base on Tuesday. But that lasted three innings and two hitless at-bats.

Considering a 22-year-old left two games in three days, Boone was asked if yet another big name is headed for the injured list.

“I don’t know. I certainly think it’s possible, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he is back here in a day-to-day situation,’’ Boone said. “We will see. We will continue to get our arms around it the best we can next 12, 24 hours and hopefully have a better feel for it.’’

The victory allowed the 74-39 Yankees to stay nine lengths ahead of the second-place Rays in the AL East which didn’t dampen the clubhouse spirits likely because the players have become numb to big names going down.

“Ever since the first day of the season it has kind of been a broken record,’’ Gardner said of the injuries that have forced the Yankees to use the IL for 25 players and 32 stints with a possibility of hiking those numbers to 26 and 33. “No matter who is in the lineup or out of the lineup expectations never change.’’

The six homers were one shy of the season high and hiked their two-game total against the morbid Orioles pitching staff to 11.

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And Tauchman contributed with his glove to go with a sizzling bat that produced two hits in four at-bats after homering twice Monday night. His third-inning homer was the third in three at-bats bridging Monday and Tuesday.

With the Yankees leading, 5-2, in the home fourth Pedro Severino lofted a fly ball to deep left that Tauchman raced to the wall and timed a jump perfectly to get his glove above the fence and take away a home run. That proved key when Anthony Santander hit a two-run homer off Stephen Tarpley in the fifth to cut the Yankees’ lead to 5-4.

Austin Romine’s solo homer in the sixth, his second in as many games, upped the lead to 6-4 and Tauchman’s double in the eighth scored Romine from second. The Yankees closed it out with back-to-back homers by Gardner and Cameron Maybin in the ninth.

By now everybody knows the list of names that have been on the IL and have threatened to sabotage a season in which the Yankees are running away with the AL East.

The question is when do the injuries start to extract more than the sweetness wins bring?