The Cubs placed Hodge on the 15-day injured list Wednesday with a right shoulder injury, 670 The Score reports. Hodge was knocked around for six runs while recording just one out in Tuesday's loss to the Twins.

The Cubs would love nothing more than to have the version of Porter Hodge that emerged last season as a late-inning weapon for the bullpen. Getting the young right-hander back to that point remains an ongoing project,

The next challenge for the Twins will be to duplicate it. The Twins will meet the Cubs on Wednesday night in the second installment of a three-game set in Minneapolis. Minnesota will try to stay hot after winning three of its past four games,

The Minnesota Twins will go for a three-game sweep against the Chicago Cubs when the teams meet Thursday afternoon in their series finale in Minneapolis.

The Chicago Cubs have ticked off all the boxes when it comes to the intangibles often associated with a championship team. In terms of team character, they’ve shown persistence, true grit, and a tenacious self-confidence not seen on the North Side since the “We never quit” 2016 Cubs brought home the first World Series title in 108 years.