Clemens, Lewis, Lee homer off Stanek in the Twins' 9-8 win over the
Cardinals
[June 13, 2026]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Royce Lewis and Brooks Lee homered in
the eighth inning — two of three home runs surrendered by St. Louis
reliever Ryne Stanek — and the Minnesota Twins outlasted the Cardinals
9-8 on Friday night.
Kody Clemens hit his 10th home run on the third pitch from Stanek to tie
it at 7 after the right-hander entered with two on and two out in the
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Minnesota Twins third baseman Brooks Lee and first baseman Royce Lewis
celebrate their teams win against the St. Louis Cardinals during the
ninth inning of a baseball game, Friday, June 12, 2026, in Minneapolis.
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Stanek (2-1) returned for the eighth, and Lewis hit his fifth
homer on his first pitch to tie it at 8. Lee followed one out
later with his 11th.
Anthony Banda (2-0) worked out of a one-out bases-loaded jam in
the eighth to get the win. Andrew Morris pitched a perfect ninth
for his second career save.
Alec Burleson homered for a fourth straight game to give the
Cardinals a 1-0 lead in the first off Joe Ryan. The 419-foot
shot was his 12th of the season and extended his hitting streak
to a career-high 12 games.
Byron Buxton hit his 21st homer — and fourth in six games — off
Kyle Leahy to tie it 1-1 heading to the second. The center
fielder added two doubles and walked, scoring three runs.
Blaze Jordan had an RBI single in his first big league at-bat to
give St. Louis a 2-1 lead in the second and finished 2 for 4. He
is the 11th Cardinal to single in a run his first time up. JJ
Wetherholt added an RBI single and the Cardinals led 3-1 after
two innings.
Lewis singled in the fifth before scoring on Tristan Gray's
one-out single to cut it to 3-2, and Josh Bell doubled in a run
in the fifth to tie it 3-all.
Lewis had a sacrifice fly off George Soriano to give Minnesota a
4-3 lead in the sixth.
Jordan Walker extended his hitting streak to nine games when he
drove in three runs with a two-out double — after a bases-loaded
walk to Burleson — to give St. Louis a 7-4 lead in the seventh.
Ryan struck out eight in six innings, allowing three runs on six
hits.
Leahy gave up four runs on eight hits in five innings.
Up next
Cardinals LHP Matthew Liberatore (3-3, 4.48) starts Saturday
opposite Twins LHP Connor Prielipp (2-4, 5.15).
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