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 Crochet then got Christian Yelich to ground out to end the inning. Crochet finished with one scoreless inning under his belt and one strikeout.
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Imanaga ensued the following half-inning after Crochet. He recorded another scoreless 1-2-3 inning.
The Cubs All-Star got Marcus Semien to line out. Imanaga struck out Adley Rutschman with a sweeper that painted the bottom right corner. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. grounded out to second base.
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Imanaga comically changed his walk-up song from "Chelsea Dagger" --- a Chicago classic known as the Blackhawks' goal-scoring anthem --- to "Be Like Mike," an ode to Michael Jordan but a double entendre to his alias "Mike," which he uses at coffee shops to get his coffee.