After a pre-All Star Break push and a pleasant victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night time, the Minnesota Twins seemed to take the sequence and proceed their upward trajectory. Alas, that ascent was deserted with a tricky defeat on Saturday adopted by this laugher loss right this moment.
The small Ursidaes made noise instantly in B1, ambushing Twins SP Zebby Matthews with a Seiya Suzuki double and an Alex Bregman blast over the LCF bricks. 2-0 CHI.
Right again on the assault in B2, a Pedro Ramirez bloop ground-rule double in the LF nook instantly got here round to attain on a bleeder single up the center for Carson Kelly. 3-0 CHI.
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If you are beginning to sense a sample right here, it continued in B3. After the Cubs loaded the bases with one out, Luke Keaschall tried to corral a Nico Hoerner single—and as a substitute missed the sphere fully and let it roll to the ivy whereas the three CHI baserunners made loads of left turns. Ramirez additionally singled to carry residence Hoerner. 7-0 CHI.
Three extra runs for the Cubbies in B4 as Matthews was now firmly in “save the bullpen for the upcoming Guardians series” mop-up mode. 10-0 CHI.
With Twins’ bats completely silent off Chicago starter Shota Imanaga, the solely drama in Wrigleyville was whether or not a place participant could be put to make use of on the pitcher’s mound.
The Twins would discover the scoreboard in T8 when an Austin Martin single got here round to attain on a Royce Lewis sacrifice fly. 10-1 CHI.
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Ultimately no place gamers would paw the rubber for MN, with Travis Adams, Kody Funderburk, & Woo-Suk Go pushing the mop and bucket to the end line.
Your Final: Chicago Cubs 10, Minnesota Twins 1.
Quite actually one step ahead and two steps again on the South Side this weekend.
Zach’s Zealot
Zach’s Zombie
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Matthews: 3 IP, 9 H, 10 R, 8 ER, 3 BB, 4 Ok. A clunker in each method for Zebby. Never gave the workforce an affordable likelihood to compete on this recreation.
Egg-cellent Elocution
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Imakesandwichesforaliving solely wanted three characters to nail the sentiment about this contest.
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Buckle up, Twins Territory—we’ve acquired 4 in Cleveland (Mon. night time, Tues. night time, Wed. night time, Thurs. afternoon) that might tip the purchase/promote scale for 2026.