Cubs vs. Twins Tickets for Wednesday, August 7 (2024)

Joe Ryan will take the mound for the Minnesota Twins against the Chicago Cubs and Seiya Suzuki on Wednesday, August 7 at 2:20 PM ET (on MARQ).

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Cubs vs. Twins Game and Ticket Info

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• Date: Wednesday, August 7, 2024
• Time: 2:20 PM ET
• TV Channel: MARQ
• Location: Chicago, Illinois
• Venue: Wrigley Field

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Starting Pitcher Matchup

Cubs Starter: Javier Assad

• Javier Assad (5-3) takes the mound for the Cubs in his 20th start of the season. He has a 3.23 ERA in 94 2/3 innings pitched, with 86 strikeouts.
• The right-hander's most recent time out was on Sunday against the Kansas City Royals, when he threw six innings, surrendering three earned runs while giving up five hits.
• The 27-year-old has amassed an ERA of 3.23, with 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings, in 19 games this season. Opponents are batting .242 against him.
• Assad is trying to collect his fifth quality start of the season in this outing.
• Assad will look to pick up his 13th game of five or more innings pitched this season. He averages five innings per appearance.
• In four of his appearances this season he did not give up an earned run.

Twins Starter: Joe Ryan

• Ryan (6-7) gets the starting nod for the Twins in his 22nd start of the season. He's put together a 3.62 ERA in 126 2/3 innings pitched, with 138 strikeouts.
• In his last time out on Saturday against the Detroit Tigers, the right-hander went six innings, allowing two earned runs while surrendering three hits.
• In 21 games this season, the 28-year-old has an ERA of 3.62, with 9.8 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are batting .221 against him.
• Ryan is looking to secure his 13th quality start of the season.
• Ryan will look to pitch five or more innings for his 22nd straight start. He's averaging six frames per outing.
• In one of his 21 total appearances this season he has not surrendered an earned run.

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Cubs Top Hitters

• Isaac Paredes is batting .245 this season, with a .356 on-base percentage and a .437 slugging percentage. His strikeout rate is 15.5%, and his walk rate is 11.9%. He has 16 home runs and 55 RBI, plus 44 runs scored.
• In 2024, Ian Happ is batting .235, with a .342 on-base percentage and a .443 slugging percentage. He has 17 home runs and 62 RBI, plus 59 runs scored and seven steals on nine attempts. His strikeout rate is 26.1%, and his walk rate is 12.9%.
• Nico ho*rner's current batting average is .252, and he has four home runs and 34 RBI, plus 52 runs scored and 17 steals on 19 attempts. He has a .670 OPS (.326 on-base, .344 slugging). His strikeout rate is 11%, and his walk rate is 7.6%.
• The Cubs' Suzuki is hitting .270, with a .825 OPS (.343 on-base, .482 slugging). He has 15 home runs and 52 RBI, plus 46 runs scored and 10 steals on 13 attempts. His strikeout rate is 27.5%, and his walk rate is 8.7%.

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Twins Top Hitters

• Carlos Santana is hitting .247/.331/.428 this season with a walk rate of 9.9% and a K rate of 16.8%. Additionally, he's popped 14 homers while driving in 48 runs and scoring 37 times.
• In 432 plate appearances this year, Willi Castro has posted a .259 batting average along with a .347 OBP and .404 SLG. He's also clubbed seven homers with 34 RBI and 60 runs, including 10 steals, while posting a 23.6% strikeout rate and 8.6% walk rate.
• So far this season, Jose Miranda has clubbed nine bombs, driven in 43 runs, and scored 35 times while batting .319/.361/.510 in 285 plate appearances. His K rate comes in at 14.4%, and his walk rate is 4.9%.
• At the dish, Ryan Jeffers has put up a batting average of .228 with an OPS of .758 (.312 OBP; .446 SLG) this season, while crushing 15 homers with 38 runs and 50 RBI. He's drawing free passes at a 7.3% clip and fanning 19.9% of the time.

Cubs vs. Twins Recent Performance

• The Cubs have hit eight home runs over the past 10 games.
• During the past 10 games, Chicago is slugging .361 with 2.8 extra-base hits per outing.
• Over the past 10 contests the Cubs are batting .228 and averaging 7.7 hits per game.
• The Twins have 12 homers over their last 10 games.
• Over Minnesota's last 10 games, it is slugging .416 with 33 extra-base hits.
• Over the Twins' last 10 games, the team is batting .247 with 85 total base hits.