Twins rally past Cardinals 5‑4 on Kreidler’s eighth-inning double
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Interstat) — The Minnesota Twins rallied from a three-run deficit to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 on Sunday afternoon at Target Field.
Ryan Kreidler’s RBI double in the eighth inning broke a 4-4 tie. Victor Caratini hit a two-run homer in the fourth, and Byron Buxton collected three hits and an RBI. Andrew Morris (2-2) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win, and Yoendrys Gómez earned his sixth save with a perfect ninth.
St. Louis took a 4-1 lead after six innings behind JJ Wetherholt’s two-run homer in the sixth and an RBI single in the seventh. Wetherholt finished 2 for 5 with three RBIs. Michael McGreevy allowed two earned runs in six innings. George Soriano (3-1) took the loss, surrendering the go-ahead run in the eighth.
The Cardinals (38-31) had seven hits; the Twins (33-40) had 13. Attendance was 23,026, and the game lasted 2:39.