Lars Nootbaar ripped a go-ahead, two-run single through the high of the ninth inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals held on for a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.
Victor Scott II added a solo homer for St. Louis, which received the rubber match of the three-game collection. Scott’s blast marked the one extra-base hit for the Cardinals.
Willi Castro hit a solo homer to guide the Twins. Royce Lewis added an RBI double.
Cardinals right-hander Shawn Armstrong (3-2) earned the victory out of the bullpen with two-thirds of an inning. He was one in every of 4 relievers to observe starter Erick Fedde, who allowed one run on two hits in six innings. Fedde struck out seven.
Twins right-hander Jhoan Duran (6-7) blew the save within the ninth. He gave up a pair of unearned runs on three hits in a single inning.
Cardinals nearer Ryan Helsley notched his fortieth save with a scoreless ninth.
Nootbaar put St. Louis in place to win the weekend collection along with his two-run hit within the ninth. He drove in Jose Fermin and Brendan Donovan.
A throwing error by Twins second baseman Edouard Julien within the high of the ninth opened the door for Nootbaar’s go-ahead single.
Lewis gave the Twins a 2-1 lead within the backside of the eighth. Castro drew a leadoff stroll, and Lewis drove him in with a pinch-hit double that hopped off the wall in left.
The Twins jumped on high 1-0 within the backside of the primary. Castro labored the rely to 2-1 earlier than belting Fedde’s fourth pitch 417 ft and over the wall in proper discipline.
The shot marked Castro’s eleventh homer of the season and his fourth of the month.
The Cardinals evened the rating at 1-1 within the fifth. Scott went deep for a 402-foot shot to proper discipline that marked the second homer of his rookie marketing campaign.
Pedro Pages began at catcher for the Cardinals and completed 2-for-4 on the plate. Pages obtained the primary begin rather than Willson Contreras, who was positioned on the 10-day injured record after he broke the center finger on his proper hand Saturday.
–Discipline Stage Media
