Bleed Cubbie Blue · Sep 21, 2021
On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Twins series preview
Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThese teams played two games at Target Field August 31 and September 1.
The first one ran 3:34, even though the score was 3-1. There weren’t a lot of walks (only four), but of the 71 plate appearances in this game, 22 ran 3-2 counts. That’s a lot.
The second one ran 2:28. That’s the fastest nine-inning game the Cubs have played all year. (The shortest nine-inning game by time at Wrigley Field this year was 2:34, June 13 against the Cardinals.) There have been 2,250 games played so far this year in MLB. Just 38 games (1.7 percent) have gone 2:28 or shorter.