Twins take another late decision from Cardinals 5-4

Ryan Kreidler’s RBI double off the center-field wall in the eighth inning scored Luke Keaschall and completed the Minnesota Twins’ comeback in a 5-4 win against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday.

Kreidler had a pinch-hit single and scored the tying run in the seventh for Minnesota, which took two of three games in the series. Victor Caratini hit a two-run homer for the Twins in the fourth.

Andrew Morris (2-2) pitched a scoreless inning of relief, striking out three of the four batters he faced. Yoendrys Gómez earned his sixth save of the season and fifth with the Twins.

Kreidler made a diving stop and throw from shortstop in the ninth to get José Fermín at first after a successful replay challenge by Minnesota manager Derek Shelton.

Byron Buxton had three hits for the Twins and drove in a run during the seventh-inning rally.

JJ Wetherholt and Alec Burleson homered for the Cardinals. Michael McGreevy allowed two runs in six innings.

Wetherholt's two-run shot was his 10th. Burleson opened the scoring with his 13th home run of the season in the fourth. He’s homered in five of his past six games and has a career-high 14-game hitting streak.

The Cardinals return home for a three-game series with San Diego. RHP Dustin May (4-6, 4.21 ERA) starts Monday for St. Louis. The Padres had not announced a scheduled starter.



(AP Photo Ellen Schmidt)