The Chicago Cubs remained five games behind the New York Mets for the final NL wild card with 12 games remaining

Trying to patch together a rotation for the stretch drive, the Los Angeles Dodgers will bring right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto back from his injury rehab in order to face the visiting Chicago Cubs on Tuesday. Yamamoto is set to square off against fellow Japan native Shota Imanaga in the middle contest of a three-game series. In addition, each team has an…

Imanaga was lifted after 95 pitches and seven innings of work

Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga had a sparkling night on the mound, playing a huge role in a combined no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga allowed four hits, walked one and struck out six in the first five innings

Cubs pitcher Shōta Imanaga says he has regained control of his splitter

Cubs’ Shōta Imanaga shocked everyone when he pulled a 54 mile-per-hour curveball out of his bag of tricks on Thursday

Cubs starter Shota Imanaga dedicated his NL All-Star hat to the Baseball Hall of Fame following his performance in Texas at the All-Star game. Why did Imanaga do that? Imanaga is just the second Japanese-born player to represent the Cubs in the All-Star Game and is the first to pitch (Kosuke Fukudome was an outfielder in the 2008 ASG). He…

Chicago pitchers Garrett Crochet and Shota Imanaga each made their first career All-Star appearances in Texas on Tuesday night. And they pitched in back-to-back innings in the fourth. Crochet got Jurickson Profar to ground out. He struck out Home Run Derby champion Teoscar Hernandez with a 98-mile-per-hour fastball. Aaron Bohm notched a single off Crochet in the ensuing at-bat. But…

Shota Imanaga outdueled Corbin Burnes in a matchup of All-Star pitchers, and Christopher Morel homered to help the Chicago Cubs beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-0 on Wednesday night.