It paved the way for Lars Nootbaar's go-ahead, two-run single.
Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said ahead of Sunday’s series finale against the St. Louis Cardinals that he was sick of facing Erick Fedde, who had held Minnesota to one run in two starts this season while with the Chicago White Sox. The good news is the Twins won’t have to face him again.
With a 2-1 lead in the ninth inning following a pinch-hit RBI double from Royce Lewis in the eighth, Jhoan Duran struck out Matt Carpenter before giving up an infield single to Nolan Arenado. That ended a long stretch of nonexistent offense for the Twins , who found just one other hit off Fedde after Castro's leadoff homer in the first. Fedde also fanned seven in his six innings of work.
The Twins did have a prime opportunity to plate some runs in the seventh inning when Manny Margot and Julien hit back-to-back singles off Andrew Kittredge to get runners on the corners with one out. But Austin Martin grounded into a 6-4-3 double play that ended the inning and kept it tied.
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