Surging Cardinals aim to stay hot vs. tumbling Twins

The St. Louis Cardinals will try to gain more stretch-run traction when they host the rebuilding Minnesota Twins on Saturday night.

The Cardinals opened this three-game interleague series at Busch Stadium with a 5-1 victory Friday. They have won eight of their past 12 games to climb over .500 again.

The Twins, who have lost 11 of 15 games, did some long-term retooling ahead of Friday's trade deadline. They sent starting