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St. Paul Saints vs Des Moines Cubs — Cubs win 3-1, Jul 8, 2026

St. Paul
Saints
78-61 · 38-30 away
1
Final
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IOW030000000
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Des Moines
Cubs
57-79 · 28-40 home
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STP100000000131
IOW030000000380

The Cubs beat the Saints, 3-1

The Cubs trailed, then scored three runs in the second to go ahead. Christian Bethancourt went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI. Andrew Wantz allowed an earned run over 5.2 innings, striking out seven.

The Cubs are losers of 4 straight, 3-7 over their last 10. The Saints are coming off a win, 5-5 over their last 10.

Scoring summary

Every run in the order it was scored, with the running score beside it.

TeamPlayTypeScore
Top 1
Orlando Arcia out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Hayden Cantrelle. Walker Jenkins scores.Score1-0
Bot 2
Christian Bethancourt homers (9) on a fly ball to left field. Chas McCormick scores. James Triantos scores.Score1-3

Next on the schedule

Each side's next fixtures, with the date and who travels.

St. Paul Saints
  • vsMetsSep 10
  • vsMetsSep 11
  • vsMetsSep 12
Des Moines Cubs
  • vsMud HensSep 10
  • vsMud HensSep 12
  • vsMud HensSep 12

Play by play breakdown

Every plate appearance as it happened, newest first, with the scoring plays called out. Baseball Savant gamefeed.

InnPlayWin probabilitySwing
T9
IOW 100.0
3.6
T9
IOW 96.4
2.4
T9
IOW 98.8
2.5
T9
IOW 96.3
3.9
B8
IOW 92.4
0.3
B8
IOW 92.7
0.5
B8
IOW 93.2
0.6
T8
IOW 93.8
1.3

Win probability after each plate appearance, with the side in front named. Swing is how far that plate appearance moved it. Plays that scored a run are set in bold. Baseball Savant gamefeed.

Game leaders

St. Paul Saints
Walker Jenkins CF1-4
Aaron Rozek4.0 IP, 0 K, 3 ER
Des Moines Cubs
Owen Miller 3B3-4
Andrew Wantz5.2 IP, 7 K, 1 ER

Standings

#ClubW-LStreak
1Rochester Red Wings83-55L1
2Oklahoma City Comets82-57W11
3Las Vegas Aviators79-59W1
4Sacramento River Cats77-60L1
5St. Paul Saints78-61W1
28Des Moines Cubs57-79L4

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