MINNEAPOLIS — \u2014\u00a0Royce Lewis\u00a0and\u00a0Brooks Lee\u00a0homered in the eighth inning \u2014 two of three home runs surrendered by St. Louis reliever\u00a0Ryne Stanek\u00a0\u2014 and the\u00a0Minnesota Twins\u00a0outlasted the Cardinals 9-8 on Friday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kody\u00a0Clemens hit his 10th\u00a0home 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 seventh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anthony Banda\u00a0(2-0) worked out of a one-out bases-loaded jam in the eighth to get the win.\u00a0Andrew Morris\u00a0pitched a perfect ninth for his second career save.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alec\u00a0Burleson homered\u00a0for a fourth straight game to give the Cardinals a 1-0 lead in the first off\u00a0Joe Ryan. The 419-foot shot was his 12th of the season and extended his hitting streak to a career-high 12 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Byron\u00a0Buxton hit his 21st\u00a0homer \u2014 and fourth in six games \u2014 off\u00a0Kyle Leahy\u00a0to tie it 1-1 heading to the second. The center fielder added two doubles and walked, scoring three runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blaze Jordan\u00a0had 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.\u00a0JJ Wetherholt\u00a0added an RBI single and the Cardinals led 3-1 after two innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lewis singled in the fifth before scoring on\u00a0Tristan Gray’s one-out single to cut it to 3-2, and\u00a0Josh Bell\u00a0doubled in a run in the fifth to tie it 3-all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lewis had a sacrifice fly off\u00a0George Soriano\u00a0to give Minnesota a 4-3 lead in the sixth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jordan Walker\u00a0extended his hitting streak to nine games when he drove in three runs with a two-out double \u2014 after a bases-loaded walk to Burleson \u2014 to give St. Louis a 7-4 lead in the seventh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ryan struck out eight in six innings, allowing three runs on six hits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leahy gave up four runs on eight hits in five innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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