Cubs 5, Guardians 4: You keep me hangin’ on

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty ImagesWednesday night’s game was not Sh\u014dta Imanaga’s finest hour. He served up three home runs.

Wednesday night’s game was not Daniel Palencia’s best save opportunity. He issued a walk and threw a wild pitch and allowed a run.

Despite all that, the Cubs managed just enough runs to hold off the Guardians for a 5-4 win on another beautiful July evening at Wrigley Field.

After a scoreless first, Carlos Santana and Lane Thomas took Imanaga deep back-to-back beginning the top of the second for a 2-0 Cleveland lead. Imanaga hit the next Guardians hitter, Nolan Jones, but recovered to finish off the inning. Cleveland made it 3-0 on another solo homer in the third,…