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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. Chicago moved back to .500
with its second straight win.
The Twins, who managed just four hits and scored both of their
runs in the second inning, dropped to 4-6 in May. 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. He maintained
the major league lead with his ERA of 1.39.
Down 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. They took the lead on Gomes' run-scoring
single to right off Griffin Jax (2-5).
Minnesota opened the scoring in the second, helped by some poor
Chicago defense. Kyle Farmer reached when Morel misplaced a ball
at second base, a play that went for a hit. 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. Taylor's grounder. Christian
Vazquez's sacrifice fly gave the Twins a 2-0 lead.
After Gray yielded only a single by Happ through the first three
innings, the Cubs scored in the fourth. Dansby Swanson opened
with a walk, went to third on Happ's double and scored on a
sacrifice fly from Seiya Suzuki.
Chicago's Adbert Alzolay didn't allow a hit in two innings of
relief.
--Field Level Media
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