Things didn’t look good early, but the Cubs persevered to pick up a win in both the game and the series. It only took eight pitches and two batters for the Rays to take a 2-0 lead in this one, with both Yandy Díaz and Junior Caminero taking Shu014dta Imanaga deep. The lefty gave up a ton of hard contact in the first two frames, mitigating it with whiffs galore to keep the Cubs in the game.
Imanaga gave up three runs for the fourth start in a row, and he struck out nine batters despite lasting only five innings.