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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Matt Lawton singled home the go-ahead run in
the eighth inning Tuesday night as the Minnesota Twins beat the St.
Louis Cardinals 3-2.
Cristian Guzman doubled and Jay Canizaro walked before Lawton's
hit. Guzman slid home just ahead of the throw from left fielder
Shawon Dunston.
Brad Radke (7-10) allowed eight hits in eight innings. He struck
out six and walked two in winning back-to-back starts for the first
time since April 18-23.
LaTroy Hawkins pitched the ninth and earned his sixth save in as
many chances.
Andy Benes (10-4) gave up seven hits in his first complete game
of the season. He walked five and struck out four.
The Twins turned four double plays but hit into three. Minnesota
also had two runners thrown out by St. Louis catcher Mike Matheny,
who got David Ortiz at second base with no outs in the seventh and
score tied at 2.
Cardinals outfielder Eric Davis was ejected in the fourth after
arguing with home plate umpire Mike Winters. Davis struck out
looking in the first and fourth innings, and had an eight-game
hitting streak snapped.
Benes blanked the Twins on one hit for five innings before a
wild throw helped the Twins score twice in the sixth to make it
2-all.
Chad Moeller led off with a single and scored when third baseman
Craig Paquette threw Guzman's infield hit into right field. Guzman
took third on the two-base error and scored on Canizaro's
groundout.
The Cardinals took a 1-0 lead in the third inning on consecutive
singles by Placido Polanco, Fernando Vina and Paquette.
They made it 2-0 in the fifth inning on singles by Polanco and
Vina and Paquette's sacrifice fly.
Game
notes
The Cardinals went 7-8 in interleague play this season, the
same record they had last year. ... The Twins were 7-11 in
interleague games. ... Minnesota played again without manager Tom
Kelly, who has missed all six games since the All-Star break. He is
with his ailing father in Florida.
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