Too much heat, too many Cubs for Twins in 14-9

CHICAGO – If you wanted a visual of Saturday's war of wear at Wrigley Field, that is perhaps what happened after Bobby Wilson's seven-point walk in sixth inning.

As the gritty catcher came down the line, Jeff Smith, the first base coach, retired to the visitors' shelter and came back with two cups of water. Wilson spoiled the first while twins manager Paul Molitor slowly poured the second on the back of his receiver's neck.

"I do not remember much of the batting attack," said Wilson after a 14-9 loss to the Chicago Cubs. "I just know I came to the base and I remember Mollie and all of them coming in. Incredibly, Wilson was able to go around the bases on one and a pair of long flies at center, but a few moments later he left because of heat sickness, joining Twins outfielder Eddie Rosario (fifth inning) and center fielder Max Kepler (eighth) in the clubhouse.

The three Twins received intravenous fluids in the clubhouse, Wilson having received several sacks despite beating eight bottles of water Friday night and four more on Saturday morning.The Cubs also eliminated the center fielder Albert Almora in fifth because of cramps as the game's temperatures climbed to 96 degrees with a heat index of 107.

"My heart was beating, I could not breathe, I was feeling dizzy and I had started having a headache Said Wilson, 35, who had just caught a fifth place 50 points. "I remember what happened (on goals), but the previous round was rather blurry, I could not even have a conversation in the back. arrived before. "

Wilson, who grew up in Central Florida and played two-season games for the Texas Rangers, said it was the hottest match he could remember.

Just as Willians Astudillo, a Venezuelan who snatched a single point in the first throw of the Majors and found himself playing to the left and center instead of the regulars of the Twin.

For the second consecutive day of fiery heat, the incessant lineup of the second-best attack of the National League has proved too restrictive. Ten Cubs took part in a fifth inning in five innings and eleven others participated in a seventh inning five points while the Twins' paddock collapsed under the burden.

Unable to maintain a lead of 3-0 and 7-4 after losing 5-2 on Friday, the Twins fell to 1-4 on this weeklong visit to Windy City. At best, they will remain eight games behind the Cleveland first-place Indians in the Central American League.

The start of Adalberto Mejia's season after his promotion to Triple-A Rochester lasted only four innings since he allowed six hits and three goals. This turned things around in an openly besieged enclosure, which allowed 14 earned runs on 20 hits in 7 innings and 2/3 (16.43 points on average) against the Cubs this weekend.

Trevor Hildenberger retired just one of the nine batters he faced in the seventh while his 18-goal series ended. Before being charged with four points earned on Saturday, he had not allowed a race since May 18th.

The Cubs grabbed nine RBI hits from among their 20 hits (17 singles). with riders in scoring position. They are 15 for 33 in the series' clutch while outperforming the Twins 24-15 and hitting only 11 times in 91 plate appearances (12.1 percent).

"We could not keep them off the base," Molitor said. "They were creaking."

Joe Mauer's double on goal base allowed the Twins to lead 3-0 against wild right-hander Tyler Chatwood. The 18th Rosario circuit, a two-point shot, highlighted a fifth four point run that briefly put the Twins in the lead.

Mauer needs two more doubles to tie Kirby Puckett's 414 record.

Mejia's recall ended a run of 82 games without the departure of a southpaw Twins. He made his 21st and final start of 2017 on Sept. 27 in Cleveland.

The Indians (177 matches) and the Baltimore Orioles (83 matches) entered Saturday with the longest active series without a starter left in the American league. Ryan Merritt started for the Indians on June 17 at Target Field, while Wade Miley made 32 starts for the Orioles last year.

The Twins finished the month of June with a 13-14 record, scoring their sixth out-of-season out of the last seven. Since Molitor took office as a manager in 2015, the Twins have only won six out of 20 in total.

This includes a pair of 20 month winners: May 2015 and August 2017.