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Minnesota Twins @ Chicago Cubs

2026-07-17 · Night game · Wrigley Field · Att: 39855 · 87°F, Cloudy · Wind 7 mph, Out To LF · 2:48

Minnesota Twins defeated Chicago Cubs 5–2. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 1st — Michael Busch singles on a line drive to right fielder Alan Roden. Pete Crow-Armstrong scores. Seiya Suzuki to 3rd. Minnesota Twins took the lead in the 3rd — Ryan Jeffers homers (8) on a fly ball to left center field. Tristan Gray scores. Trevor Larnach scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Ryan Jeffers homers (8) on a fly ball to left center field. Tristan Gray scores. Trevor Larnach scores — worth 19% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	7	1
CHN	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	6	1

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Trevor Larnach LF	3	1	1	1	1	1
Ryan Jeffers C	4	1	1	3	0	1
Josh Bell DH	4	0	1	0	0	2
Kody Clemens 2B	4	0	0	0	0	2
Royce Lewis 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Brooks Lee 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0
Austin Martin RF	1	1	0	0	1	1
Alan Roden RF	2	0	0	0	0	1
Luke Keaschall CF	3	1	2	0	1	0
Tristan Gray SS	2	1	0	0	0	1
Ryan Kreidler SS	2	0	1	1	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF	3	1	0	0	1	1
Seiya Suzuki RF	3	1	1	0	1	1
Michael Busch 1B	4	0	1	1	0	1
Alex Bregman 3B	3	0	0	0	1	2
Ian Happ LF	3	0	1	0	1	1
Nico Hoerner 2B	4	0	2	0	0	0
Michael Conforto DH	4	0	1	0	0	1
Carson Kelly C	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dansby Swanson SS	3	0	0	0	0	1