1:10 PM CDT · Target Field
Chicago Cubs at Minnesota Twins 3–16 final
- Dense airAir density 0.99: fly balls die sooner and breaking balls get more bite.
Conditions at first pitch
0.99Dense air
1.208 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-4.3 mph · 7.3 mph
to 19 mph
- Temperature
- 58°F
- 70%
- 29.55 inHg
- Elevation
- 828 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Cloudy, wind 10 mph, In From LF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | Over -114 · Under -108 | 53% over | |
| — | CHC +120 · MIN -140 | MIN 58% | |
| MIN -1.5 | MIN +154 · CHC -190 | — | |
| Marcus Stroman | 5.5 | Over +105 · Under -140 | 49% over |
| Louis Varland | 5.5 | Over -125 · Under -105 | 56% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Marcus Stroman CHC · RHP
Today: 2.2 , 7 H, 6 , 2 BB, 3 K, 64 pitches
62% 31% 6%
Four-seam9%
Sinker41%
Cutter13%
Slider8%
Splitter6%
- 91.2 mph
- 15.7 in
- 23%
- 24% / 9%
- 40%
- 57%
- .314
- 745
- 25% · 25% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 555 | 24% | .308 | 12.6 in |
| 1,569 | 20% | .300 | 11.0 in | |
| 3,113 | 22% | .319 | 12.5 in |
Louis Varland MIN · RHP
Today: 6.1 , 4 H, 3 , 1 BB, 7 K, 97 pitches
37% 47% 17%
Four-seam37%
Slider31%
Sweeper16%
Changeup17%
- 95.4 mph
- 16.5 in
- 28%
- 28% / 7%
- 41%
- 41%
- .345
- 265
- 22% · 24% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 87 | 36% | .386 | 10.2 in |
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 87 | 36% | .386 | 10.2 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Morel CF · R | 17 | 94.6 | 15.8° | 58% | 25% | 17% | 2 | .397 | — / — | +650 | 0.5 | 1-4 1 HR |
| 2 | Dansby Swanson SS · R | 176 | 89.6 | 8.4° | 40% | 11% | 12% | 3 | .353 | — / .344 | +600 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 3 | Ian Happ LF · S | 171 | 90.1 | 13.1° | 41% | 10% | 15% | 4 | .399 | — / .437 | +650 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 4 | Seiya Suzuki RF · R | 112 | 90.5 | 14.4° | 44% | 4% | 11% | 1 | .323 | — / .370 | +850 | 1.5 | 1-4 1 HR |
| 5 | Patrick Wisdom 3B · R | 137 | 92.5 | 21.7° | 58% | 22% | 28% | 12 | .384 | — / .354 | +450 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 6 | Trey Mancini DH · R | 133 | 89.8 | 10.1° | 44% | 5% | 9% | 3 | .292 | — / .325 | +800 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 7 | Matt Mervis 1B · L | 30 | 87.2 | 14.1° | 36% | 7% | 7% | 0 | .205 | — / — | +650 | 0.5 | 2-4 |
| 8 | Yan Gomes C · R | 79 | 87.1 | 12.0° | 43% | 12% | 20% | 6 | .350 | — / .422 | +1000 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 9 | Nick Madrigal 2B · R | 80 | 84.3 | 1.1° | 26% | 0% | 4% | 0 | .283 | — / .345 | +1700 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael A. Taylor CF · R | 106 | 83.8 | 9.9° | 33% | 13% | 9% | 4 | .282 | — / .268 | +1100 | 0.5 | 1-1 1 HR |
| 2 | Alex Kirilloff 1B · L | 22 | 94.2 | 9.1° | 38% | 15% | 15% | 2 | .525 | — / — | +850 | 1.5 | 2-6 |
| 3 | Willi Castro SS · S | 58 | 89.3 | 11.9° | 46% | 9% | 23% | 1 | .327 | — / .403 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 4 | Byron Buxton DH · R | 153 | 90.3 | 22.3° | 43% | 14% | 20% | 8 | .317 | — / .376 | +450 | 0.5 | 2-5 |
| 5 | Jorge Polanco 2B · S | 88 | 86.1 | 18.6° | 37% | 13% | 21% | 3 | .340 | — / .362 | +600 | 0.5 | 1-2 |
| 6 | Trevor Larnach RF · L Wind toward pull side | 127 | 87.2 | 15.2° | 42% | 13% | 22% | 3 | .317 | — / .367 | +900 | 0.5 | 2-4 1 HR |
| 7 | Kyle Farmer 3B · R | 50 | 89.7 | 17.8° | 38% | 9% | 22% | 2 | .342 | — / — | +1100 | 0.5 | 3-5 |
| 8 | Nick Gordon LF · L | 85 | 87.0 | 9.4° | 35% | 4% | 8% | 2 | .283 | — / .351 | +900 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 9 | Christian Vázquez C · R | 95 | 86.9 | 10.5° | 34% | 0% | 16% | 0 | .293 | — / .287 | +1200 | 0.5 | 2-4 |