JUPITER, Fla. • The Cardinals, who had only two base runners until the ninth inning Thursday, had four in the ninth with Randal Grichuk stroking a bases-loaded single just inside the right-field line to score Tommy Pham with the winning run in a 2-1 triumph over the Minnesota Twins.
Until the ninth, the Cardinals had only a leadoff walk to Dexter Fowler in the first and Jedd Gyorko’s solo homer off former Mizzou star Kyle Gibson in the fourth. With one out in the ninth, Chad Huffman walked and pinch runner Tommy Pham stole second. Kolten Wong and Patrick Wisdom also walked, filling the bases and inducing the Twins to play a five-man infield.