Boston Red Sox at Chicago Cubs

· Major League Baseball

Boston Red Sox

53-47, 21-27 Away

Final
0 - 6

Chicago Cubs

59-39, 32-16 Home

Pete Crow-Armstrong hits 1 of Cubs' 5 solo homers to back Imanaga in 6-0 win over Red Sox

Cubs go back-to-back in the 8th to extend lead at home

Michael Busch, Kyle Tucker, Matt Shaw and Ian Happ also connected for the Cubs, who moved a season-best 20 games over .500 and have the best record in the majors at 59-39.

Imanaga (7-3) allowed five hits, struck out five, walked one and lowered his ERA to 2.40. The 31-year-old, second-year left-hander from Japan improved to 22-6 in the majors.

Busch and Tucker led off the game with back-to-back homers against Brayan Bello (6-4). Shaw had a pinch-hit homer in the seventh against reliever Chris Murphy, and Crow-Armstrong and Happ went back-to-back against Murphy in the eighth.

Brad Keller struck out the side in the eighth and Ryan Brasier worked the ninth for his first save since 2023 with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Key moment With two outs in the seventh, Imanaga allowed back-to-back singles to Masataka Yoshida and Abraham Toro, and Yoshida took third on Imanaga's throwing error. Imanaga induced a shallow fly ball from Connor Wong to end the inning.

Key stat The Cubs went 0 for 5 with runners in scoring position.

Up next Garrett Crochet (10-4, 2.23 ERA) will try to help the Red Sox avoid a three-game sweep on Sunday. The Cubs had not announced a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Yoshida grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Rafaela reached on infield single to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Story struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Anthony struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Brasier relieved Keller
	8th Inning	Busch lined out to right.

Statistics

BOS		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
0	Ground Balls	0
10	Strikeouts	5
0	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	1
1	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
33	At Bats	34
0	Home Runs	5
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
131	Pitches	128
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	26
34	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	810.0
1	Extra Base Hits	5
0.9	Runs Created	9.1
.182	Batting Average	.324
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.212	Slugging Percentage	.765
.061	Secondary Average	.500
.206	On Base Percentage	.351
.418	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.116
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
0.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	10.2
8.0	Batter Rating	51.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	6.8
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.85	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.46
.030	Isolated Power	.441
0.10	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.027
-.121	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.176
0.0	Runs Produced	12.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.8
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
63.0	MLB Rating	102.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0