BOSTON (AP) — Shota Imanaga continued an impressive start to his major league career by pitching one-run ball into the seventh inning to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 7-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night. Signed to a $53 million, four-year deal during the offseason after an eight-year, professional career in Japan, the 30-year-old Imanaga (4-0) beat Boston right-hander Kutter Crawford in a matchup of two pitchers with impressive ERAs. “Just more of the same,” Cubs manager Craig Couns
W | L | Pct | GB | |
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17 | 8 | .680 | 0.0 | |
17 | 9 | .654 | 0.5 | |
14 | 12 | .538 | 3.5 | |
13 | 14 | .481 | 5.0 | |
12 | 14 | .462 | 5.5 |