White Sox 12, Cubs 5: Shōta Imanaga gets pounded

Photo by Daniel Bartel/Getty ImagesThe Cubs knew they could pick up a game on the Brewers in the NL Central standings before this one even started, because the Marlins rallied late in an afternoon contest Friday and defeated Milwaukee 5-1.

Welp. The Cubs offense came out flat against Adrian Houser — who, I hope, might be in the Cubs rotation next week — and Sh\u014dta Imanaga got hit early and often and the Cubs got blown out 12-5 by the White Sox in a game that wasn’t nearly as “close” as that seven-run deficit indicates.

Imanaga allowed three hits before he got an out and five in all in the first inning, when the Sox put three on the board. The Sox added another pair in the second, and I…