Minnesota Twins at Chicago Cubs

· Major League Baseball

Minnesota Twins

49-49, 23-24 Away

Final
5 - 2

Chicago Cubs

54-43, 27-20 Home

Jeffers hits 3-run HR to back Ober in the Twins' 5-2 win over the Cubs

Minnesota Twins vs. Chicago Cubs: Game Highlights

The Twins got back to .500 for the first time since April 22. They have won three straight and 10 of 14.

Ober (7-3) allowed five hits and two runs in his second strong start since returning from the IL on July 9. He made his first start against the Cubs, giving him a start against every team in the majors except Minnesota.

Yoendrys Gómez worked a hitless ninth for his 12th save.

Colin Rea (7-6) struck out six in six innings for the Cubs. He allowed five hits, four runs (three earned), and walked one.

Michael Busch had an RBI single to right in the first for the Cubs. They threatened for more with runners at the corners and no outs, but Ober worked out of the jam.

Trevor Larnach tied it with an RBI single in the third, and Jeffers' eighth homer of the year put the Twins ahead for good two pitches later.

Seiya Suzuki scored on a sixth-inning wild pitch by Tommy Nance to bring the Cubs within one. The Twins got the lead back to three with Ryan Kreidler's RBI single in the seventh.

Up next Twins RHP Taj Bradley (9-3, 3.59 ERA) was set to start opposite Cubs LHP Matthew Boyd (5-1, 4.50) on Saturday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Kelly flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Hoerner to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Conforto struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Hoerner grounded into fielder's choice to first, Happ out at second. Chicago Cubs challenged: call on the field was overturned.
	9th Inning	Happ walked.
	9th Inning	Gómez relieved Morris

Statistics

MIN		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	12
10	Strikeouts	9
5	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
12	Fly Balls	10
1	Caught Stealing	0
142	Pitches	151
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	7
36	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
2.3	Runs Created	1.6
.212	Batting Average	.194
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.303	Slugging Percentage	.226
.182	Secondary Average	.194
.278	On Base Percentage	.286
.581	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.512
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.2
2.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.6
31.0	Batter Rating	15.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.94	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.31
.091	Isolated Power	.032
0.30	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.44
.083	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.114
-.030	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
10.0	Runs Produced	3.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.5
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
77.8	MLB Rating	67.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0