The Minnesota Twins, who set a big-league record with 307 homers last season, predictably won the home-run battle Tuesday, homering five times to one for the Cardinals in a doubleheader.
But while three of the Minnesota homers accounted for six runs in a 7-3 first-game victory for the Twins at Busch Stadium, the Cardinals played the smallest of small ball in the nightcap, scoring five runs on just two hits in the third inning to provide for a 6-4 win in the second game.
It was the first game out of four in which the Cardinals had beaten the Twins this season.