The Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago Cubs 5-2 on Jul 17, 2026 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Ryan Jeffers went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Twins.
- Bailey Ober pitched 5.1 innings for the Twins, allowing 2 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
- Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Cubs.
- Colin Rea pitched 6.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 3 earned runs with 6 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Bell | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Royce Lewis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Kody Clemens | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brooks Lee | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Larnach | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Luke Keaschall | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tristan Gray | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Kreidler | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Martin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 5 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey Ober | 5.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Tommy Nance | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Yoendrys Gomez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew Morris | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Rogers | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Conforto | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nico Hoerner | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Kelly | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Busch | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dansby Swanson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Bregman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ian Happ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Rea | 6.0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Ryan Rolison | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Drew Pomeranz | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2026 season · Previous Jul 12, 2026: LAA 2, MIN 4 · Next Jul 18, 2026: MIN 2, CHC 6
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous Jul 12, 2026: CHC 8, CIN 4 · Next Jul 18, 2026: MIN 2, CHC 6