Victor Scott II and Pedro Pages each hit three-run homers to propel the St. Louis Cardinals to a 9-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday. Nolan Gorman also homered for St. Louis, which swept the series and is off to a 3-0 start for the first time since 2006.

Minnesota hitters struck out only three times all day against Cardinals starter Erick Fedde and three relievers, meaning 24 of their outs came on balls put in

The Twins went hitless in the middle innings of the game and Jorge Alcala gave up three runs without recording an out, helping send the Twins to a 5-1 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday afternoon at Busch Stadium.

There were an eerie number of similarities on Sunday to Bailey Ober’s first start of the 2024 season. Both starts came during the third game of the season, on a Sunday in the state of Missouri.

It's the first time the Twins have started a season 0-3 since 2016. Ober gave up a three-run home run to Victor Scott II in the second inning, a two-run double to Alec Burleson in

The righthander gave up two three-run homers and St. Louis outscored the Twins 19-6 over the three-game series.

In the final game of a three-game series at Busch Stadium, the St. Louis Cardinals (2-0) meet the Minnesota Twins (0-2), Sunday at 2:15 p.m. ET.The Cardinals (+106 underdog on the moneyline) host

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New hitting coach Brant Brown’s approach to hitting -- “There’s a time to slug and a time to hit,” he stressed repeatedly throughout Spring Training -- is already paying big dividends for the undefeated Cardinals.