MIN at CHC — 2026-07-18 | The Game Network

MIN 2 — 6 CHC

Final — 2026-07-18

MVP: Matthew Boyd 6.0 IP, 4 K, 1 ER

Chicago Cubs defeated Minnesota Twins 6-2. Matthew Boyd led the way with 6.0 IP, 4 K, 1 ER. Matthew Boyd earned the win and Taj Bradley took the loss.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	0
CHC	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	x	6	11	0

WP Matthew Boyd (6-1)

LP Taj Bradley (9-4)

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Busch homered to right (402 feet). (0-1)

Top 2: Clemens homered to right center (371 feet). (1-1)

Bot 2: Amaya doubled to left, Hoerner scored and Swanson scored. (1-3)

Bot 3: Hoerner singled to right, Suzuki scored, Happ to third. (1-4)

Bot 3: Ramirez hit a ground rule double, Happ scored, Hoerner to third. (1-5)

Top 7: Clemens homered to right center (391 feet). (2-5)

Bot 7: Ramirez singled to right, Busch scored, Hoerner to third. (2-6)

MIN — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Martin	RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.245	.357	.322	.679
Jeffers	DH	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.292	.402	.547	.949
Bell	1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.248	.305	.425	.730
Caratini	C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.240	.332	.369	.701
Lee	3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.249	.308	.424	.732
Clemens	2B	4	2	2	2	2	0	2	.243	.302	.495	.797
Kreidler	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.254	.320	.425	.745
Keaschall	CF	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.263	.351	.353	.704
Larnach	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.377	.444	.821
Roden	RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.235	.316	.235	.551

CHC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Crow-Armstrong	CF	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.284	.380	.519	.899
Suzuki	RF	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.272	.352	.466	.818
Busch	1B	4	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	.239	.367	.400	.767
Bregman	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.236	.333	.353	.686
Happ	LF	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.219	.328	.427	.755
Hoerner	2B	4	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.243	.313	.335	.648
Ramirez	DH	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	.267	.318	.417	.735
Swanson	SS	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.209	.290	.413	.703
Amaya	C	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	.230	.350	.356	.706

MIN — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Bradley	5.0	7	5	5	3	6	1	94-59	3.85	1.25	L, 9-4
Paredes	2.0	3	1	1	1	4	0	40-27	4.60	1.34
Rojas	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	18-13	2.79	1.60

CHC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Boyd	6.0	3	1	1	1	4	1	91-59	4.15	1.21	W, 6-1
Thielbar	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	15-10	4.40	1.33
Thornton	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10-6	2.40	1.00
Webb	1.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	17-13	2.98	1.32

Venue: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois (39,508)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Nate Tomlinson, First Base Umpire: James Jean, Second Base Umpire: Mark Wegner, Third Base Umpire: Bruce Dreckman

Broadcast: TWTV | MARQ

Scoring Plays

MIN — Batting

CHC — Batting

MIN — Pitching

CHC — Pitching

Key Players

Teams