Shota Imanaga has another impressive outing in Cubs' 7-4 win over Phillies
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What were the highlights of Shota Imanaga's performance against the Phillies?
Rahimi Harrison-Grody. I don't want to break time. I want to yell at Marshall. Can we handle more Anthony Heron? Middays 10 to 2 on 104.3 The Score. The pitch. High pop fly. Should be playable. Dansby Swanson is there. Cubs win the ball game. The Cubs win it. And they've won seven in a row. Which means the Cubs are now 14-9 after that three-run victory over the Philadelphia Phillies last night at Wrigley Field. It's heard right here on 104.3 The Score. The unmistakable, never-goes-out-of-style voice of Pat Hughes. And I mean that. That is for sure. What a night. For the Cubs, Shota Imanaga was excellent again. Seven innings of one-run ball. You get big blasts from Nico Horner and Seiya Suzuki. And the man, boy, oh boy, it has been maximum effort for old Michael Bush today.
This year and even in that game last night until it wasn't Michael Bush in the sixth inning with that bloop to run hit off of the lefty Tanner Banks. That was the game winning hits and I guess it wasn't because it made it 3-1 in the Cubs won 7-4. But nonetheless, a huge hit with two outs at the time and maybe even bigger for Bushy because in the fifth inning, again, against the lefty Lizardo, he struck out with runners in scoring position.
How did the Cubs achieve their seventh consecutive win?
He also had been retired even earlier in the, like, three times. bushy comes up with men on base opportunities to do damage and he finally was able to come through on just like a blooper that just got over the shortstop's head too shallow for the center fielder but when you're struggling that's the type of hit you celebrate you got the fist pump from michael bush so i felt pretty happy for that man last night but mars hall seven straight wins I said you've got to put together some of these 7-10 game winning streaks if you're going to be the team that wins the division and if you're a serious team, you're going to have winning streaks like this and it appears the Cubs are a serious team.
Understand this. Matthew Boyd, he comes in pitches tonight, right? Returns from the injured list, right?
He does, yes.
And in the time that he's been gone, the Cubs have put up a 3.35 ERA. That's third best in baseball. So the job that's been done by Javier Assad... And the job that's been done by Colin Ray. And the fact that... Throw Tyone in there, too, will you? Sure. Jamison Tyone, despite giving up, I don't know, two home runs to the same guy, including a grand slam. Hey, they won that game, by the way.
His last game against the Mets, though, was a six-inning one-run performance. It was. In a 4-2 game, by the way.
Listen, I hear you. Do you? But... To be where they are right now and to understand that, say, a Suzuki has a home run. Pete Crow Armstrong has a home run. Michael Bush has not a home run. Is he still at zero? Listen, man. The Cubs guys who were leading them last year and kicking and screaming when there was no Kyle Tucker, right? Those guys have not gotten off to great starts. But it doesn't matter. Because the pitching has been so good. And everybody, one through nine, has gotten the job done offensively. That's why the Cubs are a team that people are picking to, at the very least, be the biggest challenger to the Dodgers in the National League. And still have a chance to maybe get to the World Series.
They just got to get the division title first. Got to get favorable matchups in the playoffs, the postseason. This is all building towards the postseason, and you hope that they'll add an ace or two. But I want to point out, they do have an ace on the staff right now, as was confirmed even further last night to, I don't know, people who would try to tell you that Edward Cabrera was the best pitcher on the team.
Take it easy.
Oh, okay. Let me ease up off the gas and let you say what you want to say about Shota Imanaga after you've seen what you've seen.
So last night, that was the game where I officially said to myself, he's back. Shota Imanaga. This is what we're seeing is for real. What we're seeing is 2024 Shota Imanaga. This is fourth straight. Really good performance. And last night was not even nearly as good as the performance previous to this one where he had the 11 strikeouts and one walk.
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