Michael Wacha allowed three hits in 6 1/3 innings Tuesday and first
baseman Mark Reynolds delivered a key hit for the third consecutive
game as St. Louis toppled the Minnesota Twins 3-2 at rainy Busch
Stadium.
Wacha (9-2) fanned five and walked one, throwing 60 of his 86
pitches for strikes. He came back to the mound after a 45-minute
rain delay in the bottom of the first inning but departed with one
out in the top of the seventh when rain interrupted the game again
for 47 minutes.
Reynolds, whose solo homers on Saturday and Monday night were
instrumental in 3-2 wins, snapped a 1-1 tie in the third inning with
a two-out, two-run single to left-center field that scored second
baseman Kolten Wong and third baseman Matt Carpenter.
With closer Trevor Rosenthal unavailable for a third straight game
-- he complained of a tight right arm before Monday night's game --
Kevin Siegrist pitched the ninth for his third save and second in as
many nights.
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The Cardinals (43-21) upped their MLB-best home record to 26-7 and
finished their brief homestand at 4-0, with Sunday's game against
Kansas City getting rained out.
But their considerable accomplishments were overshadowed before the
game by a Tuesday story in The New York Times that disclosed the
team hacked into the Houston Astros' internal network to steal
personnel information.
Minnesota (34-30) lost for the seventh time in eight games. Starter
Kyle Gibson (4-5) worked six innings, yielding six hits and three
runs with two walks and four strikeouts.
Third baseman Trevor Plouffe gave the Twins a 1-0 lead in the first
with a two-out RBI double to left that scored second baseman Brian
Dozier.
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St. Louis evened the score in the second on a sacrifice fly by left
fielder Randal Grichuk that plated catcher Yadier Molina.
Catcher Kurt Suzuki pulled Minnesota within a run after play resumed
in the seventh with an RBI double. The Twins had two shots at tying
the score in the ninth after a one-out double by shortstop Eduardo
Nunez.
Suzuki flied out, and after left fielder Eddie Rosario walked,
pinch-hitter Eduardo Escobar flied out to end it.
NOTES: St. Louis RHP Lance Lynn (right forearm strain) played catch
Tuesday morning for the first time since going on the 15-day DL
Friday. Lynn plans to join the team on its road trip this weekend in
Philadelphia. ... Minnesota CF Byron Buxton became the fourth player
in franchise history to triple for his first MLB hit, the last being
Jorge Polanco on June 27, 2014, in Texas. ... The Twins signed LHP
Alex Robinson, their fifth-round pick out of Maryland. Robinson is
the first Minnesota draftee to sign.
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