Rookie Matt Mervis crushed a tying RBI double in a seventh-inning breakthrough for the Chicago Cubs, who rallied to beat Minnesota 5-2 after being stymied by Twins starter Sonny Gray on Friday night.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Rookie Matt Mervis crushed a tying RBI double in a seventh-inning breakthrough for the Cubs, who rallied to beat Minnesota 5-2 after being stymied by Twins starter Sonny Gray on Friday night.
Gray, the major league ERA leader among qualified pitchers at 1.39, gave the Twins another stellar turn with nine strikeouts in 5⅓ innings with four hits and one run allowed. Mervis had the hardest-hit ball of all -- tracked at 108.5 mph and 408 feet -- when he drove a first-pitch changeup over center fielder Michael Taylor and into the bottom of the padding where the wall meets the warning track to drive in Patrick Wisdom. Mervis made his major league debut a week ago.
by signing up you agree to our terms of service The Twins had only four hits and have scored just 30 runs in 10 games this month. They've still been in first place in the AL Central for all but two days this season.
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