Shōta Imanaga raises record to 4-0 as Cubs beat Red Sox
BOSTON â ShÅta 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 spending his eight-year, professional career in Japan, the 30-year-old Imanaga beat Boston right-hander Kutter Crawford in a matchup of two pitchers with impressive ERAs.
He had not given up more than a run in each of his other starts.Matt Mervis had an RBI single and Crow-Armstrong added a run-scoring single after Red Sox manager Alex Cora won a challenge that he wasn't hit by a pitch, forcing him back to the plate.Crow-Armstrong's safety squeeze scored Dansby Swanson, making it 3-0 in the fourth. Swanson held about halfway down the line before breaking to the plate when Crawford turned his back and threw to first.
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