The Chicago Cubs are taking on the Pittsburgh Pirates and Shota Imanaga is putting on a show! He’s playing so well that Imanaga is proving to be one of the more dominant pitchers in the league right now.
A weird and ultimately great win for the Cubs.
Chicago starter Shota Imanaga lowered his ERA to 0.84 on Saturday after throwing seven shutout innings in the Cubs' 1-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates, the lowest mark through a pitcher's first nine career games since ERA became official in 1913.
That was a heck of a way to end a baseball game. Games like this are why I love baseball so much. Great starting pitching by Shōta Imanaga, yet again.
The Chicago Cubs (25-21) have a home game at Wrigley Field against the Pittsburgh Pirates (21-25) at 2:20 PM ET on Saturday. The Cubs will give the ball to Shota Imanaga (5-0, 0.96 ERA), who is eyeing win No.
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The signing of Shota Imanaga has been a home run for the Chicago Cubs this season, and despite being defeated by the Atlanta Braves by the score of 2-0, Imanaga continued to impress with five shutout innings against one of the best lineups in the game.
Shota Imanaga was great again, even as the Cubs couldn't push across any runs.
The Cubs starter threw well again, but the Cubs could not generate any offense. Shōta Imanaga continued his run of great starts for the Cubs Monday in Atlanta.
With the Milwaukee Brewers losing on Monday, the Chicago Cubs were fortunate to not lose any ground in their quest for first place in the NL Central. Rather than take advantage, the already taxed bullpen did LHP Shota Imanaga no favors as the Atlanta Braves got to a disappointing Cubs bullpen.
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The Chicago Cubs (24-17) kick off a three-game series on Monday against the Atlanta Braves (24-13). The contest begins at 7:20 PM ET at Truist Park. The Braves will look to Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) versus the Cubs and Shota Imanaga (5-0).
The Chicago Cubs came into Tuesday's game following a disappointing Monday loss that included another solid starting pitching performance followed by a bullpen letdown.
National League Rookie of the Month Shota Imanaga will look to continue his stellar debut season when he takes the mound on Tuesday for the Chicago Cubs against the visiting San Diego Padres.
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Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga played his first MLB game in New York on Wednesday, but the Japanese star said his surroundings looked quite familiar.
The Chicago Cubs beat the New York Mets on Wednesday, 1-0, at Citi Field. The ending of the game was certainly controversial but here's something that's not: Cubs' lefty Shota Imanaga has been really, really good this season.
Rookie Shota Imanaga had another strong start and Pete Crow-Armstrong lofted a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the fifth inning Tuesday night as the visiting Chicago Cubs beat the New York Mets 1-0.
Shota Imanaga posted another scoreless outing, helping him join an impressive shortlist.
After failing to provide much help to their starter on Tuesday, the Chicago Cubs turn to a pitcher who has managed to all but win games by himself in his debut season.
Starting pitcher Shota Imanaga has done plenty to endear himself to Chicago Cubs fans since he arrived in January. It’s to the point where even his rare mistakes are kind of hilarious.
Just about everything has gone right for Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga in his first MLB season, and even he knew he got away with one big mistake during Saturday’s game against the Miami Marlins.
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