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07/18 16:24 CDT The Cubs beat the Twins 6-2 as Nico Hoerner ties a career high
with 4 hits
The Cubs beat the Twins 6-2 as Nico Hoerner ties a career high with 4 hits
By MATT CARLSON
Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) --- Nico Hoerner had four hits to tie a career high, Matthew Boyd
gave up three hits and one run in six sharp innings to win his fourth straight
start, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Minnesota Twins 6-2 on Saturday.
Michael Busch homered, and Miguel Amaya and Pedro Ramirez had two RBIs each to
help Chicago win for the third time in four games. Hoerner had an RBI and
scored a run.
Kody Clemens hit a pair of solo homers for the Twins, whose three-game winning
streak came to an end.
Boyd (6-1) struck out four and walked one in his fifth outing since returning
from knee surgery.
Jacob Webb allowed three hits to start the ninth, but the Cubs got a quirky
double play after Brooks Lee's liner to the gap glanced off Pete
Crow-Armstrong's glove for a single. Relay throws cut down Josh Bell between
third and home, and caught Lee off first. Webb fanned Clemens for the final out.
Busch's first-inning solo shot put Chicago ahead 1-0. The ball was recovered in
the right-field bleachers by Anthony Rizzo, who took part in a pregame ceremony
to commemorate the Cubs 2016 World Series championship.
Twins starter Taj Bradley (9-4) allowed five runs on seven hits in five
innings, striking out six and walking three. The right-hander had given up just
eight runs over his previous five starts.
Klemens went deep in the second to tie it. Amaya's double to the left field
corner in the bottom half of the second put Chicago back ahead 3-1.
The Cubs upped it to 5-1 in the third.
Clemens homered again in the seventh to make it 5-2. Ramirez added an RBI
single in the bottom half.
Before the game, the Cubs dedicated an arching, 31-foot wide "Champions Gate"
on the west side of Wrigley Field.
Up next Twins RHP Zebby Matthews (4-6, 4.57 ERA) faces Cubs LHP Shota Imanaga (5-8, 4.17) on Sunday. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
Up next Twins RHP Zebby Matthews (4-6, 4.57 ERA) faces Cubs LHP Shota Imanaga (5-8, 4.17) on Sunday. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
