The Chicago Cubs beat the Minnesota Twins 8-2 on Aug 7, 2024 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Matt Wallner went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Twins.
- Joe Ryan pitched 2.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 1 earned run with 2 strikeouts.
- Ian Happ went 1-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- Javier Assad pitched 4.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 2 earned runs with 1 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willi Castro | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Santana | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brooks Lee | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Kepler | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Trevor Larnach | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Wallner | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Austin Martin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Ryan | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Trevor Richards | 0.2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 3.2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Dansby Swanson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Christian Bethancourt | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nico Hoerner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Isaac Paredes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Busch | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 28 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javier Assad | 4.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jorge Lopez | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Drew Smyly | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2024 season · Previous Aug 6, 2024: MIN 3, CHC 7 · Next Aug 9, 2024: CLE 2, MIN 4
- Cubs · 2024 season · Previous Aug 6, 2024: MIN 3, CHC 7 · Next Aug 9, 2024: CHC 7, CHW 6