NEW YORK — Shota Imanaga continued the historic begin to his massive league profession on Wednesday night time, throwing seven innings to steer the Chicago Cubs to a 1-0 win over the New York Mets.
Imanaga (5-0), making his sixth begin, allowed three hits and walked one with seven strikeouts to decrease his ERA to 0.78. Getting into Wednesday, the 30-year-old was the primary pitcher since 1901 to go 4-0 with a sub-1.00 ERA and at the very least 28 strikeouts in his first 5 begins.
The Mets bought two on in opposition to Mark Leiter Jr. within the eighth earlier than Yency Almonte struck out Tyrone Taylor and Starling Marte. Hector Neris bought his fifth save when he hit Pete Alonso with one out within the ninth and gave up a double to J.D. Martinez earlier than getting Jeff McNeil to hit right into a double play. McNeil flew out to left and Alonso was thrown out at residence by Ian Happ.
Former Mets farmhand Pete Crow-Armstrong – who was dealt to Chicago for Javier Báez on the 2021 commerce deadline – had a sacrifice fly within the fifth, 4 pitches after his bat flew out of his palms and landed within the netting above the house dugout when he missed an providing from New York starter Jose Butto. The bat was retrieved by Citi Discipline safety instantly after the sacrifice fly that drove in Matt Mervis.
Butto (0-2) gave up 4 hits in six innings for the Mets, whose beginning pitchers have posted a 1.33 ERA within the final 4 video games. He struck out six.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Cubs: RHP Justin Steele (left hamstring pressure), who was injured Opening Day, started a rehab task Wednesday, when he allowed three runs over 3 1/3 innings for Triple-A Iowa. Supervisor Craig Counsell mentioned he wasn’t positive if Steele would make one other rehab begin earlier than rejoining the main league group. … RHP Kyle Hendricks (decrease again pressure) is scheduled to start out and throw 75-80 pitches Thursday for Double-A Tennessee.
Mets: SS Francisco Lindor (flu-like signs) was 0 for 1 earlier than exiting after the second inning. Lindor has missed simply three out of a doable 354 video games for the reason that begin of 2022. … Marte, who didn’t play Tuesday after being activated from the bereavement listing, went 0 for 4 in his first motion since Friday. … RHP Kodai Senga (shoulder) felt good after throwing reside batting apply Monday and is slated to take action once more Saturday UP NEXT
The four-game sequence concludes Thursday when Mets RHP Adrian Houser (0-3, 8.37 ERA) opposes Cubs RHP Ben Brown (0-1, 4.30 ERA).
