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- Twins top Cubs 8-1 behind strong start from Simeon Woods Richardson and late power surge</p>
<p>DAVE CAMPBELL July 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM</p>
<p>1 / 3Cubs Twins BaseballMinnesota Twins' Byron Buxton runs from second base and scores against the Chicago Cubs on a Ryan Jeffers double in the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)</p>
<p>MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Simeon Woods Richardson outpitched Shota Imanaga with five scoreless innings, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago Cubs 8-1 on Tuesday night.</p>
<p>Ryan Jeffers had three RBIs and the first of three homers for the Twins in a six-run eighth off Porter Hodge, who was also taken deep by Willi Castro and Harrison Bader and got just one out.</p>
<p>Royce Lewis drove in two runs, and All-Star Byron Buxton and Jeffers greeted Imanaga (5-3) with back-to-back doubles to start a two-run first inning.</p>
<p>The left-hander, who was an All-Star as an MLB rookie last year, finished six innings for the first time since April 4 after missing nearly two months with a strained hamstring.</p>
<p>The Twins again shielded Woods Richardson (5-4) from the toughest matchups, turning to the bullpen for the third time through the heart of the order of Kyle Tucker, Seiya Suzuki, Pete Crow-Armstrong and Michael Busch, who present as daunting a challenge in the second through fifth spots as there is in baseball.</p>
<p>The decision paid off, despite Woods Richardson throwing only 61 pitches, against the highest-scoring team in the major leagues. Brock Stewart struck out Dansby Swanson with runners at the corners to end the sixth.</p>
<p>Justin Turner's 200th career home run in the ninth ended the shutout.</p>
<p>Key moment</p>
<p>Griffin Jax gave up a single and a walk with a two-run lead to start the eighth, before striking out Suzuki and Crow-Armstrong and retiring Busch on a line drive to right.</p>
<p>Key stat</p>
<p>Woods Richardson, who spent nearly a month in Triple-A earlier this season, has allowed just 11 hits in 26 innings with a 1.38 ERA over his last five starts.</p>
<p>Up next</p>
<p>RHP Cade Horton (3-2, 4.15 ERA) starts the middle game of the series on Wednesday for the Cubs, opposite Twins RHP David Festa (2-3, 5.48).</p>
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