The Cubs (55-38) tallied 14 hits, six for extra bases, and went 6-for-12 with runners in scoring position. Pete Crow-Armstrong recorded his fifth multihomer game of the season. Right-hander Colin Rea did his part by holding the Twins to one run on three hits in a season-high seven innings.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe played from behind the whole series,\u201d manager Craig Counsell said. \u201cThis is what we\u2019ve seen a lot from our offense against the right-handed starters is every inning is a tough inning. And we did, we executed that today.\u201d<\/p>\n
As the Cubs head to the Bronx for three games against the New York Yankees before the All-Star break, here are three takeaways from their series-salvaging win.<\/p>\n
1. Pete Crow-Armstrong keeps showing why he\u2019s a dangerous hitter.<\/p>\n
When Crow-Armstrong stepped to the plate in the third inning against Twins starter Chris Paddack, he was searching for his first hit of the series, sitting on an 0-for-9 stretch.<\/p>\n
He emphatically ended the oh-fer by attacking Paddack\u2019s first-pitch fastball and sending it over the wall to dead center for a two-run homer. Crow-Armstrong went deep again in the seventh off lefty reliever Anthony Misiewicz to put the Cubs up 7-1.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s going to swing and the ball is going to be in play, so you\u2019re going to have to deal with some of that,\u201d Counsell said. \u201cLike, you can\u2019t hit a home run every at-bat, can\u2019t get a hit every at-bat, but he can impact the game. And that\u2019s what we saw today is that he impacts the game and in a huge way.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo just stay right where he is and know that the other guy\u2019s trying to get you out. You\u2019re going to have a couple days like that from time to time, but be the guy that drives the bus the next day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Crow-Armstrong added a double in the ninth for a three-extra-base-hit day. He made history along the way.<\/p>\n
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- He became the fourth-fastest in MLB history to 25 home runs and 25 steals in a season, reaching the mark in his 92nd game. That trails only Eric Davis in 1987 (69 games), Bobby Bonds in 1973 (91) and Alfonso Soriano in 2002 (91).<\/li>\n
- He\u2019s the first player in franchise history to have five multihomer games in a season at age 23 or younger, and he\u2019s the first Cubs hitter with that many since Derrek Lee had eight in 2005.<\/li>\n
- He\u2019s one home run shy of the Cubs record by a hitter 23 or younger (Kris Bryant with 26 in 2015).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve only been humbled by the names that I\u2019m mentioned with,\u201d Crow-Armstrong said. \u201cEric Davis is about as all-around badass as a center fielder ever gets, so that\u2019s pretty cool.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we\u2019re not even at the break. So I\u2019ve got three more (games) to go finish strong and make sure that we\u2019ve got a good lead in the division. And then we started thinking about fun second-half things.\u201d<\/p>\n
2. The offense showed potency in a bounce-back performance.
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Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson celebrates his RBI single against the Twins in the fifth inning Thursday, July 10, 2025, in Minneapolis. (David Berding\/Getty Images)<\/p>\nThe Cubs entered the series finale in an small offensive funk after a 28-run outpouring in three weekend games against the St. Louis Cardinals<\/a>.<\/p>\n
They managed just three runs in the first two games in Minnesota while going 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position and leaving 12 on base. They quickly eclipsed that meager scoring Thursday by producing at least one run in the second through fifth innings thanks to timely hitting.<\/p>\n
Five Cubs finished with multihit games \u2014 Crow-Armstrong, Seiya Suzuki, Dansby Swanson, Carson Kelly and Nico Hoerner \u2014 and three of their eight runs came on two-out RBIs.<\/p>\n
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Cubs starter Colin Rea pitches against the Twins in the first inning Thursday, July 10, 2025, in Minneapolis. (David Berding\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n