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Yoendrys Gómez got a win today after recording five outs between the sixth and seventh innings, and A.J. Minter notched a hold with a scoreless eighth. Morris’s save was his first since Aug. 24, when he got one out in relief of an ineffective Gómez, and second of the second half. Jeff Hoffman, who got a save last night, is probably the best bet in the Twins pen for saves this weekend.

Brought into a 3-3 game, Morris gave up a leadoff double to Randy Arozarena in the ninth. After Dominic Canzone flied out and advanced Arozarena to third, Julio Rodríguez was intentionally walked to set up the double play. Morris might have gotten it, too. However, novice first baseman Royce Lewis stepped on first after fielding Cal Raleigh’s grounder and then was too late in trying to throw home to retire Arozarena. It was quite the disappointing end, especially since Lewis should have had the out at home had he gone there right away or probably could have pulled off a 3-6-3 double play had he instead gone that route.

It’s the first save for Morris since May 20th. The righty took the mound in Friday’s back-and-forth affair to secure the win for the Twins after manager Derek Shelton opted to go with Anthony Banda in the eighth inning in hopes of limiting further damage after the Cardinals took an 8-7 lead on an RBI single by José Fermín. Morris needed only nine pitches to get through the inning and induced a ground ball out to all three batters he faced.

Working with a three-run lead, Morris retired Yordan Alvarez, Christian Walker and Jake Meyers in order. The rookie has a 4.29 ERA and a 17/6 K/BB through 21 innings as a reliever. That’s not overly exciting, but the Twins don’t have any clearly better options in the ninth right now. Morris might be worth a try in deeper leagues.

Morris allowed just two hits and one walk on the afternoon while recording three strikeouts. He came on in the first inning after Joe Ryan left due to elbow soreness and kept the Jays off the board through the fourth. Morris generated eight swings and misses on 57 offerings in the ballgame, posting a CSW of 30 percent. He now holds a 4.80 ERA, 1.47 WHIP and a 13/4 K/BB ratio over 15 innings on the season.

The Twins wanted Morris to close in just his second big-league appearance after being called up eight days ago. He pitched around a leadoff walk in the eighth, retiring the heart of the Reds order afterwards. In the ninth, though, he allowed two singles, a walk and a three-run double while getting just one out. Morris was only working the ninth today because Cole Sands and Justin Topa were unavailable after working two days in a row. He probably won’t see additional save chances in the near future.

Morris will be making his big-league debut when he gets into a game. The 24-year-old, who posted a serviceable 4.09 ERA and 89/29 K/BB ratio across 94 2/3 innings at the Triple-A level last year. receives his first call up to fill a spot in Minnesota’s bullpen.