Mahle (8-3) earned the win over the Cubs on Wednesday by pitching six shutout innings during which he gave up five hits and one walk while striking out two.
The right-hander picked up his first victory since June 16 by keeping Chicago off the scoreboard despite tying a season low with only two strikeouts. He wasn't exactly efficient with his offerings -- Mahle needed 103 pitches to get through six frames and threw only 59 of those pitches for strikes -- but he issued just one walk and was able to rack up outs in spite of constantly pitching deep into counts. The 26-year-old notched his sixth quality start of the season and lowered his ERA to 3.71. He's lined up to next face the Twins at home early next week.