Minnesota Twins at St. Louis Cardinals

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Minnesota Twins

0-2, 0-2 Away

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St. Louis Cardinals

2-0, 2-0 Home

Nootbaar and Fedde lift Cardinals to 5-1 victory over Twins

Nolan Arenado, Iván Herrera and Victor Scott II also had two hits apiece for St. Louis, which beat Minnesota 5-3 on Thursday on opening day.

Fedde (1-0) permitted one run and two hits in six innings. He retired his last 10 batters.

The Cardinals scored three runs in the sixth to open a 4-1 lead. Arenado doubled off the shoulder of Jorge Alcala (0-1) and Alec Burleson drew a walk. Herrera singled home Arenado and Louis Varland relieved.

After a walk, Varland struck out two before Nootbaar singled to center to drive in Burleson and Herrera.

Arenado singled home Nootbaar in the first, but the Twins tied it on Willi Castro’s RBI double in the second.

Minnesota starter Joe Ryan pitched five innings of five-hit ball. He struck out five and walked none.

Key moment Nootbaar made a diving catch on Jose Miranda's sinking line drive to left in the second, saving a run and ending the inning.

Key stat The Cardinals explored trading Arenado in the offseason, but they ended up holding onto him. In two games, Arenado is hitting .500 with four hits, including a home run.

Up next Minnesota right-hander Bailey Ober faces righty Andre Pallante in the series finale on Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Buxton struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Correa flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Wallner flied out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Maton relieved Romero
	9th Inning	Pagés catching.
	8th Inning	Arenado struck out swinging.

Statistics

MIN		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	2
12	Ground Balls	10
3	Strikeouts	10
1	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
3	Hits	10
1	Stolen Bases	2
0	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
30	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	27
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
15	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	1
105	Pitches	164
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
4	Total Bases	12
30	Plate Appearances	40
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
-1.1	Runs Created	6.1
.100	Batting Average	.313
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.133	Slugging Percentage	.375
.067	Secondary Average	.250
.100	On Base Percentage	.425
.233	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.800
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
-1.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.9
10.0	Batter Rating	36.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.67
3.50	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.10
.033	Isolated Power	.063
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.125
-.033	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.063
2.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.1	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.5
60.8	MLB Rating	85.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0