Chicago Cubs @ Minnesota Twins

54-37, 24-21 Away

Final

44-47, 25-18 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
I. HappLF	1-3	0	0	0	.230
K. TuckerRF	1-2	0	0	0	.286
S. SuzukiDH	0-3	0	0	0	.261
P. Crow-ArmstrongCF	0-4	0	0	0	.269
M. Busch1B	1-4	0	0	0	.297
D. SwansonSS	1-3	0	0	0	.254
V. BrujanPH	0-1	0	0	0	.147
C. KellyC	0-2	0	0	0	.265
J. TurnerPH	1-1	1	1	1	.215
N. Hoerner2B	1-4	0	0	0	.287
M. Shaw3B	0-4	0	0	0	.203
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 3rd: Shaw flied out to center. 5th: Shaw fouled out to first. 7th: Shaw flied out to left. 9th: Shaw grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Hoerner out at second.

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
S. Imanaga	6.0	5	2	0	1	83-61	2.80
C. Thielbar	1.0	1	0	0	1	15-11	1.83
P. Hodge	0.1	5	6	1	1	27-15	6.85
J. Berti	0.2	1	0	0	0	5-4	10.80

According to ESPN Analytics

CHC

MIN

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Target Field

7:40 PM, July 8, 2025

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Attendance: 30,384

Game Time:2:22

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Chris Segal
First Base Umpire - Alex Mackay
Second Base Umpire - Alan Porter
Third Base Umpire - Jim Wolf

Twins top Cubs 8-1 behind strong start from Simeon Woods Richardson and late power surge

— Simeon Woods Richardson outpitched Shota Imanaga with five scoreless innings, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago Cubs 8-1 on Tuesday night.

Jul 8, 2025, 10:20 pm - AP


CHC
MIN

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	-	8	12	0

S. Woods Richardson5-4

5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 4 K, 3 BB

S. Imanaga5-3

6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 K, 0 BB

Scoring Summary

		CHC	MIN
1st	Jeffers doubled to left, Buxton scored.	0	1
1st	Lewis hit sacrifice fly to center, Jeffers scored, Correa to second.	0	2
8th	Jeffers homered to left (420 feet), Buxton scored.	0	4
8th	Castro homered to right center (360 feet).	0	5
8th	Lewis singled to left, Correa scored.	0	6
8th	Bader homered to left center (446 feet), Lewis scored.	0	8
9th	Turner homered to left (371 feet).	1	8

Data is currently unavailable.

Cubs
1
Twins
8

Game 1

7/8

Cubs
2
Twins
4

Game 2

7/9

Cubs
8
Twins
1

Game 3

7/10

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	44	26	.629	-	W2
St. Louis	40	31	.563	4.5	W2
Chicago	38	36	.514	8	L1
Pittsburgh	37	37	.500	9	W1
Cincinnati	35	37	.486	10	W2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	38	33	.535	-	L1
Cleveland	39	34	.534	-	L1
Minnesota	35	40	.467	5	W3
Detroit	30	43	.411	9	L1
Kansas City	29	45	.392	10.5	L2

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Chicago Cubs @ Minnesota Twins

Win Probability

Game Information

Twins top Cubs 8-1 behind strong start from Simeon Woods Richardson and late power surge

S. Woods Richardson5-4

S. Imanaga5-3

Scoring Summary

Inning

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