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| Chicago Cubs left-hander Imana allowed three runs in seven innings against San Francisco on the 29th. He turned the mound over to the bullpen at 3-3. AFP Yonhap News |
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| Imana allowed three runs with two home runs against San Francisco on the 29th. He has hit home runs in the last four consecutive games. AP Yonhap News |
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| Lee Jung-hoo, who hit a finishing hit in the bottom of the ninth inning, cheers. AP Yonhap News |
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One win. It's very difficult.
Chicago Cubs left-hander Shota Imanaga (32) missed his ninth win of the season. He started the game against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco on the 29th, allowing five hits and three runs in seven innings and leaving without a win or loss. The Chicago Cubs gave up all three consecutive games after a walk-off hit by San Francisco's Lee Jung-hoo in the bottom of the ninth inning at 3-3. Imanaga and the Chicago Cubs are also disappointing away trips to San Francisco.
He gave up all three runs with home runs. In the bottom of the first inning with a 1-0 lead, the first base with one out led by a walk. San Francisco's third batter Willy Adames' bat fired. Imanaga hit a fastball (146 kilometers per hour) on the first pitch and sent it to the outfield stands on the left side of Oracle Park. I didn't miss the high course mistake in the middle.
Imanaga, who was shaken, immediately settled down. He blocked four consecutive scoreless innings from the 2nd to the 5th inning. The batters also lightened the shoulders of the starting pitcher. Dansby Swanson hit a tiebreaking home run in the top of the second inning, and Michael Bush hit a come-from-behind home run in the top of the sixth inning. 3-2.
The lead was over in no time. In the bottom of the sixth inning, he immediately lost a run with a home run. With Adames without a runner with one out, he hit Imana's fastball and connected it to a home run in the middle. He hit a high fastball (147 km/h) on the ball count 2S. 3-3.
San Francisco's Lee Jung-hoo played seventh-center field and recorded a fly ball to left field in the second inning against Imanaga, a hit to right in the fifth inning, and a fly ball to left field in the seventh inning. One hit in three at-bats. Lee Jung-hoo hit a timely hit to the right in the bottom of the ninth inning with one out and runners on the first and second bases. 2 for 4 with an RBI. Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki said this
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| Imana finished all five games with quality starts, but lost only two games without winning. AP Yonhap News |
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I didn't play.
Recently, the luck of victory is exceptionally low. He won eight games of the season against the Philadelphia Phillies on July 31 and has not won in a month. During this period, he played in five games and had only two losses. He finished five games with a quality start (more than six innings as a starter, less than three earned runs), but the victory did not follow. Imanaga has been in charge of seven innings in the last three consecutive games.
The scoring timing was disappointing. The game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on the 17th. He pitched seven innings of one run. Even then, he lost a point with a home run. The mound was handed over to the bullpen in a 1-1 tie, and the Chicago Cubs used their hindsight to win 3-1.
The Milwaukee Brewers game was similar on the 22nd. He gave up a two-run home run in the second inning and finished without additional runs until the seventh inning. The lineup was silent and replaced at 1-2. The team also lost 1-4.
Second year in the major leagues. This year has been consistent as well. Imanaga played in 19 games until the 29th, recording 8-6 losses with a 3.03 ERA. 110 innings, 90 strikeouts, 4 pitches, 22 pitches.
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| Lee Jung-hoo hit a walk-off hit to the right in the bottom of the ninth inning with one out and runners on first and second bases. AFP Yonhap News |
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Imanaga moved from the Yokohama BayStars to the Chicago Cubs last year. In his first year in the Major League, he played an ace, posting 15 wins and 8 losses with a 2.91 ERA. Finished fifth in the National League Cy Young Award voting.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
