The Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago Cubs 16-3 on May 14, 2023 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Seiya Suzuki went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cubs.
- Marcus Stroman pitched 2.2 innings for the Cubs, allowing 6 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Trevor Larnach went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 4 RBI for the Twins.
- Louis Varland pitched 6.1 innings for the Twins, allowing 3 earned runs with 7 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dansby Swanson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Happ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Christopher Morel | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yan Gomes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Trey Mancini | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Madrigal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 25 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Stroman | 2.2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Michael Rucker | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Fulmer | 0.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 4.2 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Buxton | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carlos Correa | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Joey Gallo | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Farmer | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Christian Vazquez | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Trevor Larnach | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Jorge Polanco | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Varland | 6.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Jorge Lopez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Emilio Pagan | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
Before and after
- Cubs · 2023 season · Previous May 13, 2023: CHC 1, MIN 11 · Next May 15, 2023: CHC 4, HOU 6
- Twins · 2023 season · Previous May 13, 2023: CHC 1, MIN 11 · Next May 15, 2023: MIN 8, LAD 9