Twins 5, Cubs 4: Witness to history

It was inevitable, but it came faster than one might have thought.

The Cubs needed to strike out 17 times Wednesday evening to set a new franchise record for batter strikeouts.

And they came quickly in the early innings, seven in a row at one point, 11 in all by Twins starter Joe Ryan.

They entered the ninth inning needing just one for the record, and when Patrick Wisdom was called out on strikes on yet another very close pitch, that was it:

Right on the corner, you’ve seen pitches like that called balls before, but strike three to Wisdom, his reaction pictured at the top of this recap, was the record-breaker.