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Cubs starting pitcher Shota Imanga turned to look over his left shoulder at the video board showing the replay of the home run he’d just given up in the fourth inning.
In a game the Cubs would lose 12-5 to the White Sox, it was already the third home run Imanaga had surrendered, all on fastballs that caught too much of the strike zone.
This one to Austin Slater was on the outer third of the plate, a little above belt high, right where he could drive the ball. And the pitch clocked in at just 88.