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Twins

Cave grounded out, shortstop DeJong to first baseman Goldschmidt.

Rosario flied out to left fielder O'Neill.

Sanó homered to left on a 1-2 count, Polanco scored.

Homered to left on a 1-2 count, Polanco scored.

Grounded out, shortstop DeJong to first baseman Goldschmidt.

Cardinals

Donaldson homered to left on a 1-2 count, Astudillo scored, Arraez scored.

Homered to left on a 1-2 count, Astudillo scored, Arraez scored.

Arraez singled to right, Astudillo scored.

Cruz homered to right on the first pitch.

Edman homered to right on a 1-2 count, Wong scored.

Homered to right on a 1-2 count, Wong scored.

On Wisler's wild pitch, Goldschmidt scored.

Twins third.  Buxton grounded out, shortstop DeJong to first baseman Goldschmidt.  Astudillo singled to left.  Arraez hit an infield single to shortstop, Astudillo to third.  Donaldson homered to left on a 1-2 count, Astudillo scored, Arraez scored.  Polanco grounded out, second baseman Wong to first baseman Goldschmidt.  Cruz walked.  Rosario doubled to center, Cruz to third.  Sanó grounded out, second baseman Wong to first baseman Goldschmidt.

Twins fourth.  Cave struck out.  Buxton fouled out to first baseman Goldschmidt.  Astudillo doubled to center.  Arraez singled to right, Astudillo scored.  Woodford pitching.  Gonzalez pinch-running for Arraez.  Donaldson walked on a full count, Gonzalez to second.  Polanco flied out to center fielder Bader.

Twins fifth.  Cruz homered to right on the first pitch.  Rosario singled to right.  Sanó grounded out, third baseman Edman to first baseman Goldschmidt, Rosario to second.  Cave grounded out, second baseman Wong to first baseman Goldschmidt, Rosario to third.  Buxton flied out to left fielder O'Neill.

Cardinals sixth.  Wong walked on a full count.  Edman homered to right on a 1-2 count, Wong scored.  Goldschmidt singled to center.  Wisler pitching.  On Astudillo's passed ball, Goldschmidt to second.  Miller grounded out, second baseman Gonzalez to first baseman Sanó, Goldschmidt to third.  On Wisler's wild pitch, Goldschmidt scored.  DeJong grounded out, second baseman Gonzalez to first baseman Sanó.  Molina flied out to left fielder Rosario.

Twins seventh.  Helsley pitching.  Polanco singled to left.  Cruz struck out.  Rosario flied out to left fielder O'Neill.  Sanó homered to left on a 1-2 count, Polanco scored.  Cave grounded out, shortstop DeJong to first baseman Goldschmidt.

 The Twins have won seven of the last eight games in the series, outscoring the Redbirds, 36-14; in six of those of eight games, St. Louis scored zero or one run. The teams last squared off in St. Louis in May 2018, with the Twins sweeping a two-game series by a combined 13-1 score.

 Since August 25, Minnesota is 6-2 with a 3.13 ERA at home, compared to 0-5 with a 6.00 ERA away from Target Field. This is the Twins' longest road losing streak since they dropped eight in a row in September 2018.

 The Cardinals are the only MLB team with a perfect record in 2020 when scoring five or more runs. They are 14-0 when reaching that mark and 3-16 when failing to score five runs. Going back to last September, and including the postseason, the Cards have won 18 straight in which they've scored at least five runs.

 Jose Berrios will make his fourth road start of 2020; he is 0-1 with a 7.20 ERA away from home, allowing a .349 opponent batting average. Berrios is allowing a .182 batting average (6-for-33) with runners in scoring position, including .125 (2-for-16) with two outs and RISP.

 Paul Goldschmidt leads MLB with a .463 on-base percentage, though he has homered only four times in 33 games. Goldschmidt has 11 extra-base hits in 105 at-bats; teammate Harrison Bader has 10 extra-base hits in 53 at-bats, including three doubles in his last two contests.

 The Cardinals (3.55) and Twins (3.78) rank fifth and sixth in MLB, respectively, in bullpen ERA. Minnesota relievers strike out 10.49 hitters per nine innings, third most among all clubs, while the St. Louis 'pen allows a .203 opponent batting average, second lowest (Dodgers -- .201).

HP - Timmons, 1B - Blakney, 2B - Diaz, 3B - Livensparger

The St. Louis Cardinals and the visiting Minnesota Twins will continue their pushes toward the postseason when they play an interleague doubleheader on Tuesday.
The Twins (26-17) are one game off the lead in the American League Central. The Cardinals (17-16) are in second place in the National League Central, 2 1/2 games off the pace.

Cards, Twins meet in doubleheader with eyes on postseason

ST. LOUIS (AP)  Backup catcher Matt Wieters acknowledges he might have to get in better shape for the St. Louis Cardinals.
He nearly did, all in one trip to the plate.

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Minnesota Twins @ St. Louis Cardinals on September 8, 2020

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