The Cubs beat the Twins 6-2 as Nico Hoerner ties a career high with 4 hits

Nico Hoerner had four hits to tie a career high, Matthew Boyd gave up three hits and one run in six sharp innings to win his fourth straight start, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Minnesota Twins 6-2CHICAGO — Nico Hoerner had four hits to tie a career high, Matthew Boyd gave up three hits and one run in six sharp innings to win his fourth straight start, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Minnesota Twins 6-2 on Saturday.Michael Busch homered, and Miguel Amaya and Pedro Ramirez had two RBIs each to help Chicago win for the third time in four games. Hoerner had an RBI and scored a run.Kody Clemens hit a pair of solo homers for the Twins, whose three-game winning streak came to an end.Boyd (6-1) struck out four and walked one in his fifth outing since returning from knee surgery. Jacob Webb allowed three hits to start the ninth, but the Cubs got a quirky double play after Brooks Lee’s liner to the gap glanced off Pete Crow-Armstrong’s glove for a single. Relay throws cut down Josh Bell between third and home, and caught Lee off first. Webb fanned Clemens for the final out.Busch’s first-inning solo shot put Chicago ahead 1-0. The ball was recovered in the right-field bleachers by Anthony Rizzo, who took part in a pregame ceremony to commemorate the Cubs 2016 World Series championship.Twins starter Taj Bradley (9-4) allowed five runs on seven hits in five innings, striking out six and walking three. The right-hander had given up just eight runs over his previous five …

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