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Garrett Crochet will attempt to assist the Pink Sox keep away from a three-game sweep on Sunday. The Cubs had not introduced a starter.
CHICAGO (AP) — All-Star Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his twenty sixth homer, certainly one of 5 solo photographs for the Cubs to again seven sharp innings by Shota Imanaga, and Chicago beat the Boston Pink Sox 6-0 on Saturday evening.
Michael Busch, Kyle Tucker, Matt Shaw and Ian Happ additionally linked for the Cubs, who moved a season-best 20 video games over .500 and have one of the 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.
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.
The Cubs went 0 for five with runners in scoring place.
Garrett Crochet (10-4, 2.23 ERA) will attempt to assist the Pink Sox keep away from a three-game sweep on Sunday. The Cubs had not introduced a starter.
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