The Chicago Cubs beat the Minnesota Twins 6-2 on May 12, 2023 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Christopher Morel went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- Drew Smyly pitched 6.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 0 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Sonny Gray pitched 5.1 innings for the Twins, allowing 1 earned run with 9 strikeouts.
Chicago Cubs box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Happ | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christopher Morel | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Cody Bellinger | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Yan Gomes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dansby Swanson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Trey Mancini | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 27 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Smyly | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Adbert Alzolay | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Leiter Jr. | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Minnesota Twins box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jorge Polanco | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Correa | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Farmer | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Willi Castro | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Byron Buxton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Donovan Solano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Vazquez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Kepler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Gallo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Gray | 5.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Griffin Jax | 1.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dereck Rodriguez | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jovani Moran | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
Before and after
- Cubs · 2023 season · Previous May 10, 2023: STL 4, CHC 10 · Next May 13, 2023: CHC 1, MIN 11
- Twins · 2023 season · Previous May 11, 2023: SD 3, MIN 5 · Next May 13, 2023: CHC 1, MIN 11