The Minnesota Twins secured a 9-8 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in a back-and-forth battle at Target Field on Friday, June 12, 2026, after overcoming an early rain delay.
Brooks Lee broke an 8-8 tie in the bottom of the eighth inning by hitting a go-ahead home run off St. Louis reliever Ryne Stanek to secure the win for Minnesota.
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The game entered a rain delay during the heavy downpour of the opening frame, pushing the official restart time back to 8:30 p.
m. central time.
Before the weather disruption, Alec Burleson hit a first-inning solo home run off Twins starter Joe Ryan, while Minnesota center fielder Byron Buxton countered with a solo home run off Cardinals starter Kyle Leahy.
St. Louis infielder Blaze Jordan made his major league debut during the game, driving in a run with an RBI single up the middle to briefly give the Cardinals a 2-1 lead.
The Cardinals extended their advantage to 3-1 in the second inning after JJ Wetherholt drove in a run, compounding a tough early stretch for Ryan.
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Ryan recovered from the early hits to retire 13 of his final 14 batters, completing six innings with eight strikeouts and four hits allowed.
Buxton fueled the Twins' offense by going 3-for-3 with two doubles and a walk, scoring three runs including one on a seventh-inning home run by Kody Clemens.
