BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Interstat) — Iván Herrera hit two home runs and drove in three runs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 9-6 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday afternoon at Target Field.

Herrera opened the scoring with a two-run homer in the first inning. Pedro Pagés doubled in a run in the second and Masyn Winn added a sacrifice fly. The Cardinals built a 4-0 lead before the Twins answered with Luke Keaschall’s two-run homer in the fifth.

St. Louis broke the game open with five runs in the seventh, capped by Blaze Jordan’s three-run homer. Jordan finished with three RBIs. The Twins scored single runs in the eighth and ninth but couldn’t complete the comeback.

Matt Svanson earned the win with 1 2/3 scoreless innings of relief, striking out two. He improved to 2-1. Justin Lawrence took the loss, falling to 0-3.

Attendance was 23,408. The game lasted 2 hours, 44 minutes. St. Louis improved to 38-30; Minnesota dropped to 32-40.