Chicago Cubs at Minnesota Twins

· Major League Baseball

Chicago Cubs

55-38, 25-22 Away

Final
8 - 1

Minnesota Twins

45-48, 26-19 Home

Crow-Armstrong homers twice as Cubs top Twins 8-1 to deny series sweep

Pete Crow-Armstrong hits 25th HR of season

Crow-Armstrong, whose first-half breakout earned him a starting spot for the National League All-Star team, went 3 for 4 with three runs and three RBI to help the Cubs avoid a three-game sweep. Colin Rea (7-3) won his third straight start with a three-hitter over a season-high seven innings, and Minnesota native Michael Busch added two RBI.

Rea allowed only a fifth-inning home run by Kody Clemens, as the 35-year-old right-hander turned in his longest start since seven shutout innings for Milwaukee last Aug. 18.

Dansby Swanson doubled and scored on Nico Hoerner’s single in the second inning to give the Cubs their first lead of the series, and they kept hacking for all five innings against Twins starter Chris Paddack (3-8).

Paddack, who considers Rea a mentor dating to their time together with San Diego for his advice on recovery from Tommy John elbow surgery, gave up 11 hits and six runs. He is 1-5 in his last 10 starts, with the Twins winning three.

Key moment Crow-Armstrong hit a two-out, two-run homer in the third inning, a 414-foot blast that was a few inches too high for center fielder Harrison Bader to catch as he jumped at the wall.

Key stat Crow-Armstrong led off the seventh against Anthony Misiewicz with a solo shot to tie teammate Seiya Suzuki for sixth in MLB with 25 homers.

Up next The Cubs travel to New York for a three-game series against the Yankees starting Friday. Neither team had announced their starter.

The Twins host Pittsburgh for a three-game series starting Friday, when RH Paul Skenes (4-7, 1.94 ERA) takes the mound for the Pirates opposite RH Joe Ryan (8-4, 2.76 ERA) in a matchup of All-Star starting pitchers.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Keirsey Jr. struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Keirsey Jr. hit for Correa
	9th Inning	Wallner struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Jeffers lined out to right.
	9th Inning	Palencia relieved Keller
	9th Inning	Swanson flied out to center.

Statistics

CHC		MIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	5
6	Strikeouts	9
8	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
14	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
40	At Bats	30
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	1
24	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
144	Pitches	124
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
24	Total Bases	8
42	Plate Appearances	33
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
6	Extra Base Hits	2
8.3	Runs Created	1.1
.350	Batting Average	.133
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.600	Slugging Percentage	.267
.275	Secondary Average	.233
.357	On Base Percentage	.212
.957	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.479
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
8.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.1
60.0	Batter Rating	13.0
20.0	At Bats Per Home Run	30.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.43	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.76
.250	Isolated Power	.133
0.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.024	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.091
-.075	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.100
16.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
105.5	MLB Rating	65.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0