Dodgers 6, Cubs 0: It just wasn’t Shōta Imanaga’s day
And the Cubs had more RISPy business problems.
This series wasn’t going to be easy, we all knew that before it began. And when Shōta Imanaga had a 32-pitch first inning in which he allowed a pair of walks and three runs, that made the Cubs’ task that much more difficult. That, and the fact that the Cubs again had RISP issues, going 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position and leaving 12 men on base, led to a 6-0 loss to the Dodgers , and the home-standing L.
A. team took the series. The first two Cubs got on base, Nico Hoerner on a single and Alex Bregman by walk, but they were stranded when Ian Happ and Seiya Suzuki struck out and Carson Kelly grounded out.
Then the Dodgers worked those three runs off Imanaga in the bottom of the inning, the key hit a two-run double by Miguel Rojas. The Cubs again had a chance in the second inning, when Michael Busch led off with a double. One out later, Matt Shaw walked.
The runners moved up to second and third on a wild pitch, an excellent scoring opportunity with just one out, and Pete Crow-Armstrong then walked to load the bases. But Nico Hoerner then struck out, losing an ABS challenge in doing so. Nico thought he had walked, and look how close this pitch was for strike 2 [VIDEO] .
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