Christian Vazquez's sacrifice fly gave the Twins a 2-0 lead.Īfter Gray yielded only a single by Happ through the first three innings, the Cubs scored in the fourth. Farmer went to third on Willi Castro's ground-rule double, and he scored as catcher Gomes couldn't hold an inaccurate throw from third baseman Patrick Wisdom on Michael A. Kyle Farmer reached when Morel misplaced a ball at second base, a play that went for a hit. Minnesota opened the scoring in the second, helped by some poor Chicago defense. They took the lead on Gomes' run-scoring single to right off Griffin Jax (2-5). He maintained the major league lead with his ERA of 1.39.ĭown 2-1 in the seventh, the Cubs tied it when Patrick Wisdom singled and scored via Matt Mervis' double off the base of the center-field wall.
Starter Sonny Gray allowed a run, four hits and struck out nine with a walk over 94 pitches, but he lasted just 5 1/3 innings. The Twins, who managed just four hits and scored both of their runs in the second inning, dropped to 4-6 in May. Yan Gomes delivered a tiebreaking RBI single in the seventh for the Cubs, Ian Happ finished with three hits and Smyly (4-1) yielded two runs and four hits to keep his team in the game after falling behind 2-0. Starting in place of Nico Hoerner, who went on the injured list with a hamstring strain prior to the game, Morel provided some key insurance for the Cubs with his opposite-field bomb into the second deck in right-center to highlight a three-run ninth. May 13 - Christopher Morel clubbed a long two-run homer in the ninth inning and Drew Smyly threw six strong innings as the visiting Chicago Cubs beat the Minnesota Twins 6-2 on Friday night in Minneapolis.
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