Minnesota Twins at St. Louis Cardinals

· Major League Baseball

Minnesota Twins

0-3, 0-3 Away

Final
2 - 9

St. Louis Cardinals

3-0, 3-0 Home

Scott, Pages each hit 3-run homers to propel Cardinals over Twins 9-2

Victor Scott II puts the Cardinals up with a 3-run dinger

Nolan Gorman also homered for St. Louis, which swept the series and is off to a 3-0 start for the first time since 2006.

It marks the 17th 3-0 start in franchise history covering 134 years.

Willi Castro homered for the Twins, who lost their first three games for the first time since 2016.

The contest was halted by rain for 58 minutes in the middle of the fifth inning.

Pages had three hits. Alec Burleson added a two-run double for the Cardinals.

Andre Pallante gave up two runs on four hits over five innings.

Scott homered in the third off Bailey Ober, who surrendered eight earned runs over 2 2/3 innings.

Burleson kick-started a five-run uprising in the third with his double for a 5-1 lead. Pages ripped his first homer of the season four batters later.

Steven Matz tossed four scoreless innings in relief for his first career save.

Key stat The Cardinals longest winning streak to open the season is seven, which came in 1962 with wins over the New York Mets, Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia.

Key moment Pallante, nursing a 3-1 lead, worked out of a two-on, one-jam in the third by retiring Byron Buxton and Trevor Larnach.

Up next Twins: RHP Chris Paddack will face Chicago White Sox LHP Martin Perez in the first of a three-game series in Chicago on Monday afternoon. Paddack went 1-0 in five spring training starts, striking out 21 in 17 innings.

Cardinals: RHP Miles Mikolas will face Los Angeles Angels LHP Tyler Anderson in the first of a three-game set in St. Louis on Monday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Castro popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	France grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Jeffers lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Scott II in right field.
	9th Inning	Gorman at third base.
	9th Inning	Siani in center field.

Statistics

MIN		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
17	Ground Balls	10
5	Strikeouts	4
2	Runs Batted In	9
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	9
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	3
10	Fly Balls	19
0	Caught Stealing	0
129	Pitches	156
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	22
34	Plate Appearances	38
162.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
3	Extra Base Hits	6
1.9	Runs Created	8.2
.156	Batting Average	.303
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.313	Slugging Percentage	.667
.219	Secondary Average	.545
.206	On Base Percentage	.395
.518	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.061
1.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
1.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.2
20.0	Batter Rating	62.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	11.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.79	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.11
.156	Isolated Power	.364
0.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.25
.059	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.132
.063	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.242
4.0	Runs Produced	18.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.8
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
70.5	MLB Rating	103.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0