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Final Twins edge Cardinals 9-8 The Minnesota Twins held off the St. Louis Cardinals 9-8 on Friday at Target Field.
The Twins came back from 2 down after the second inning. The big inning was the sixth, when the Twins scored 2.
The Twins improve to 32-39. The Cardinals fall to 37-30.
Attendance: 23,089.
Full recap at ESPN: Clemens, Lewis, Lee homer off Stanek in the Twins' 9-8 win over the Cardinals Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.
Box score Scoring Matchup
Cardinals TwinsStats H-AB AB R H RBI HR BB K #P AVG OBP SLG J. Wetherholt 2B 2-4 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 20 .252 .359 .390 I. Herrera DH 2-5 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 21 .265 .393 .410 A. Burleson 1B 1-4 4 2 1 2 1 1 2 23 .290 .356 .494 J. Walker RF 1-5 5 0 1 3 0 0 1 20 .300 .356 .558 L. Nootbaar LF 1-5 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 16 .222 .323 .519 M. Winn SS 1-5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 .231 .311 .316 J. Crooks C 1-3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 19 .200 .286 .360 B. Torres LF 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 .341 .462 P. Pages C 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212 .254 .347 B. Jordan 3B 2-4 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 24 .500 .500 .500 N. Church CF 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .250 .282 .394 N. Velazquez LF 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .348 .400 .652 J. Fermin LF 1-1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .270 .327 .393 Team 12-39 39 8 12 8 1 3 11 173
Stats IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA PC K. Leahy SP 5.0 8 4 4 1 5 1 77-49 4.64 77 G. Soriano RP 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8-5 2.83 8 G. Graceffo RP 0.2 0 2 2 2 0 0 13-5 2.14 13 R. Stanek RP 1.1 3 3 3 0 1 3 23-15 5.60 23 Team 8.0 11 9 9 3 6 4 121-74 121
Stats H-AB AB R H RBI HR BB K #P AVG OBP SLG T. Larnach LF 0-4 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .250 .358 .372 A. Martin RF 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 .354 .328 B. Buxton CF 3-3 3 3 3 1 1 1 0 11 .266 .328 .585 K. Clemens 2B 1-3 3 2 1 3 1 1 0 18 .246 .315 .487 J. Bell DH 1-4 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 15 .229 .284 .365 R. Lewis 1B 2-3 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 12 .198 .285 .349 V. Caratini C 1-4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 12 .214 .309 .302 B. Lee 3B 1-4 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 14 .239 .295 .420 T. Gray SS 2-4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 14 .261 .300 .395 L. Keaschall 2B 0-3 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 13 .243 .322 .309 O. Arcia SS 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283 .313 .370 Team 11-32 32 9 11 9 4 3 6 121
Stats IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA PC J. Ryan SP 6.0 6 3 3 0 8 1 102-67 3.17 102 T. Rogers RP 0.2 0 2 2 2 2 0 22-11 5.33 22 E. Orze RP 0.1 2 2 2 1 1 0 16-8 5.06 16 Y. Gomez RP 0.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 15-10 4.13 15 A. Banda RP 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9-6 4.55 9 A. Morris RP 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9-6 5.10 9 Team 9.0 12 8 8 3 11 1 173-108 173
First inning Play Result Burleson homered to right center (419 feet).
1-0 Play Result Buxton homered to center (425 feet).
1-1 Second inning Play Result Jordan singled to center, Nootbaar scored, Winn to second.
2-1 Play Result Wetherholt singled to right, Winn scored, Jordan to third.
3-1 Fifth inning Play Result Gray reached on infield single to shortstop, Lewis scored, Caratini to third.
3-2 Sixth inning Play Result Bell doubled to center, Buxton scored, Clemens to third.
3-3 Play Result Lewis hit sacrifice fly to center, Clemens scored.
3-4 Seventh inning Play Result Burleson walked, Crooks scored, Herrera to second, Wetherholt to third.
4-4 Play Result Walker doubled to left, Burleson scored, Wetherholt scored and Herrera scored.
7-4 Play Result Clemens homered to right (385 feet), Keaschall scored and Buxton scored.
7-7 Eighth inning Play Result Fermín reached on infield single to shortstop, Torres scored, Jordan to second.
8-7 Play Result Lewis homered to left (394 feet).
8-8 Play Result Lee homered to right (382 feet).
8-9 CardinalsTwins Line MIN -142 (DraftKings) Over/under 9 Season series MIN wins series 2-1 Cardinals injuries Richard Fitts SP Out, Lat Max Rajcic RP Out, Elbow Hunter Dobbins SP Out, Elbow Twins injuries Trevor Larnach LF Out, Wrist Cole Sands RP Out, Elbow David Festa SP Out, Shoulder Mick Abel SP Out, Elbow Anthony Banda RP Out, Lat