HICAGO (AP) — All-Star Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his 26th homer, one in every of 5 solo pictures for the Cubs to again seven sharp innings by Shota Imanaga, and Chicago beat the Boston Crimson Sox 6-0 on Saturday evening.
Michael Busch, Kyle Tucker, Matt Shaw and Ian Happ additionally related for the Cubs, who moved a season-best 20 video games over .500 and have the very best file within the majors at 59-39.
Imanaga (7-3) allowed 5 hits, struck out 5, walked one and lowered his ERA to 2.40. The 31-year-old, second-year left-hander from Japan improved to 22-6 within the majors.
Busch and Tucker led off the sport with back-to-back homers in opposition to Brayan Bello (6-4). Shaw had a pinch-hit homer within the seventh in opposition to reliever Chris Murphy, and Crow-Armstrong and Happ went back-to-back in opposition to Murphy within the eighth.
Brad Keller struck out the facet within the eighth and Ryan Brasier labored the ninth for his first save since 2023 with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Key second
With two outs within the seventh, Imanaga allowed back-to-back singles to Masataka Yoshida and Abraham Toro, and Yoshida took third on Imanaga’s throwing error. Imanaga induced a shallow fly ball from Connor Wong to finish the inning.
Key stat
The Cubs went 0 for five with runners in scoring place.
Up subsequent
Garrett Crochet (10-4, 2.23 ERA) will attempt to assist the Crimson Sox keep away from a three-game sweep on Sunday. The Cubs had not introduced a starter.
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