00:00Chicago Cubs taking on the
00:02Pittsburgh Pirates and guess
00:04what it's showtime.
00:06A lot of Shota Imanaga jerseys.
00:08Cubs desperately need a victory
00:10here tonight.
00:11Shota Imanaga on the mound.
00:13The 19 and 6 are the Cubs when
00:15he's the starting pitcher.
00:16He himself 11 and 3 with a 3.14
00:19VRA.
00:20That's 11th best in MLB.
00:22He has seen the Pirates once.
00:23It was back in May and he
00:25pitched to Dandy.
00:26He's 17 and 6.
00:27Scoreless baseball allowing
00:28just four hits.
00:31Pop up.
00:33He goes.
00:35One out.
00:37Reynolds bouncing ball deep
00:39third Paredes a fine play and
00:41dropped on the other end by
00:43Bush couldn't handle the hop.
00:44I mean in between hop that Bush
00:46has to contend with his good
00:47work here by Paredes with the
00:48glove little hop.
00:51Short Dansby to no avail.
00:54That's a double play.
00:56And the inning quickly comes to
00:57an end.
00:58Domingo Hermann delivers.
01:01Right.
01:02It's a base hit for Ian Hatt.
01:04One pitch one single.
01:05That's efficiency.
01:06It's amazing how much success
01:08he's had lately just going up
01:10there attacking that first
01:11pitch.
01:12That's high for ball for Cubs
01:14have a great scoring chance
01:15right away.
01:16First and second.
01:17Nobody out.
01:18It's a base hit.
01:20It stops at third.
01:21Then it's Bob.
01:23Comes in to score say at a
01:24second it's one to nothing
01:25comes early and often would be
01:27nice for the Cubs offensively
01:28here tonight after a couple of
01:29lean nights should be a great
01:31matchup for Suzuki.
01:32He you know he's going to get
01:34some pitches he can handle he's
01:35going to hammer some baseballs
01:36today.
01:37And he does this one by a rare
01:39mistake by Reynolds.
01:41It's a base hit.
01:43It's a base hit.
01:45It's a base hit.
01:46It's a base hit.
01:48And it's a very rare mistake by
01:50Reynolds.
01:52Bellinger swinging on a 3 0
01:53pitch.
01:54DeLaCruz has a very strong arm.
01:58Runner at third is tagging and
01:59trying to score.
02:00And it's going to be a bang
02:01bang play.
02:02He is out.
02:03Henry Davis.
02:04Applies the tag on Michael
02:06Bush.
02:07What a perfect throw.
02:09From.
02:10The pirates right fielder
02:11DeLaCruz.
02:13I mean perfectly placed right
02:15And.
02:16And bounce to third Trelo backs
02:18up and throw on the first that
02:20that clean things up in a hurry.
02:22Wow what a difference.
02:24One nothing.
02:24So two outs two on second inning
02:27and the batter will be Michael A.
02:29Taylor Taylor drives one toward
02:32left coming in Ian Hap on the
02:33run makes the catch at shoulder
02:35level angling toward the left
02:37field line and that ends the
02:39inning.
02:41Lines at the left and I'll start
02:43a new hitting streak with the
02:45lead off single for Niko.
02:47He had been one for eight in the
02:48first two games.
02:51To the left field for a base hit
02:53make that a 15 game on base
02:55streak just like the first
02:56inning.
02:57It's first and second nobody out
02:58here for the Cubs spot here for
03:00Pete Crowe Armstrong sitting
03:02three ten with an eight sixty
03:03seven O.P.S. over his last 30
03:05seven.
03:06Grips it in the left center
03:07field.
03:08Reynolds into the.
03:11Bangs off the wall.
03:13Here's the throw home.
03:15It's late.
03:15It's an RBI double for Pete
03:18Crowe Armstrong like great at
03:20bat for Pete.
03:21You know I always love it when
03:23he gets this pitch away and he
03:24goes with it.
03:25Great base running by Niko and I
03:28just love the at bat by Pete
03:29Crowe Armstrong the O2 ground
03:32ball right side base hit one
03:33minute in for Armstrong heading
03:35home he'll score Cubs lead four
03:38to nothing in half against the
03:40Pittsburgh Pirates.
03:40The success continues to run
03:43single here in the second.
03:45For nothing comes two outs and
03:47here is Brian Reynolds.
03:50Brian Reynolds hits a fly ball
03:52to right toward the line as
03:53Bellinger does he have a play.
03:54Yes over near the line and the
03:57sidewall and it's a one two
03:59three inning first shot down
04:01there's Dansby Swanson Bellinger
04:03at second with two outs for
04:04Hermann here tonight.
04:05This is second start in his
04:06first one he went six scoreless
04:08against Texas and as you said
04:10he fielded against the Cubs last
04:11week in Pittsburgh Cubs getting
04:12them tonight.
04:13Drilled in the air deep left
04:14field.
04:15That goes Reynolds to the wall
04:16and it's gone to run Homer
04:20Dansby Swanson a hanging
04:23breaking ball and the Cubs take
04:24a commanding six to nothing
04:27lead.
04:29Boy that left the park in a
04:30hurry.
04:31Yeah there's nothing wrong with
04:32that swing.
04:33This pitch is up an inner third
04:35and Dansby hammers this ball
04:37into the well and left big swing
04:39big two run ball.
04:41He lifts that ball to center
04:42like Lloyd Taylor back to the
04:44wall.
04:45It is gone.
04:47Back to back.
04:52Dansby Swanson to run shot and
04:55PCA with a solo blast seven to
04:58nothing.
04:59Here in the third PCA had a rough
05:01night last night swinging the
05:03bat for strikeouts in the game
05:05last night.
05:06Today he's two for two in the
05:09three innings as pirate to reach
05:10was Jared Triolo he drew a 10
05:12pitch walk in the second and
05:13he's coming up.
05:14Here's the pitch a swing and a
05:16miss at a pitch in the dirt as a
05:18Maya applies the tag on Triolo
05:21strike three two away swing and
05:24a miss strike three got him with
05:26a splitter and the pirates are
05:27hit list through the first five
05:29inning.
05:30Now the Cubs have something
05:31brewing once again here in the
05:32last of the fifth minute first
05:34and second with one away.
05:35One away Dansby Swanson do up.
05:39Third baseline hits up and
05:41Triolo's glove and it's in the
05:43left field Paredes scores
05:45cornered a third and Dansby
05:47Swanson brings in another run.
05:50It's eight to nothing Cubs
05:52Reaper three single Homer and
05:55that RBI double right now.
05:58Shambi is sitting at home
05:59watching.
06:00Hey he's a triple shot of the
06:01cycle.
06:03You see a London in the right
06:04field.
06:05That's a base hit another run
06:07scores.
06:08It's nine to nothing Cubs and
06:10now PCA three for three and now
06:13the seven spot the Cubs lineup
06:14in the eighth spot in the Cubs
06:16lineup are a triple away from
06:17the cycle.
06:18That's pretty good.
06:19Nine nothing Cubs as the pirates
06:21come to bat in the sixth for hit
06:23number one against Shota
06:24Imanaga three to pitch popped up
06:27this ball is found might be
06:29playable for a Maya.
06:31It is and that's out number one.
06:35He's going to bounce off the way
06:36he.
06:37Oh it's a base hit.
06:38That's going to be a hit.
06:39Oh no it's going to be another
06:40error.
06:41Paredes charged with an error in
06:42the first inning on a ball hit
06:44by Reynolds.
06:45This week this strike three
06:46strikeout for Shota right on
06:48that for Seymour putting in on
06:50the hands patching a very good
06:52hitter.
06:55Oh my goodness that's to be the
06:56third error on Paredes wants to
06:58crawl in a hole right now.
07:00Tough night defensively for
07:01Isak two ounce two on the
07:03inning should be over O'Neal
07:05Cruz the batter 0 4 2 strike
07:08three.
07:09So does that show to Imanaga six
07:13scoreless no hit frames.
07:16What a beast Suzuki is on for
07:18Cody Bellinger who is one out of
07:20three.
07:21Cody Crouch is on the center
07:23Michael Taylor back to the wall
07:26it's up it's gone.
07:32Fifteenth of the year dead
07:34center eleven and up the Cubs
07:38Cubs on top eleven to nothing
07:40short.
07:41Imanaga has not yet allowed a
07:43base hit as he works in this
07:45seventh inning.
07:48Sky the left.
07:55Over to short.
07:59Eleven to nothing Cubs two outs
08:01in the seventh.
08:02Pirates looking for their first
08:03hit against Shota Imanaga of the
08:05Cubs.
08:06Here comes the crowd.
08:07Swing and a miss strike three.
08:09Oh Shota.
08:12Seven scoreless no hit innings.
08:16How about that.
08:17Top of the eighth inning there
08:19Shota Imanaga getting a lot of
08:22that's on the back seven
08:24scoreless no hit innings his
08:25night is finished and you hear
08:27the booze as Nate Pearson came
08:28out of the bullpen and the fans
08:30realize that Imanaga's night was
08:31done a popular decision by the
08:33manager.
08:34It's not the manager's job to be
08:35popular.
08:36Swing and a high pop up right
08:38side playable for Bush and he'll
08:41make the catch run out number
08:42one.
08:43Shota Imanaga seven innings Nate
08:44Pearson third of an inning
08:46Gary Davis.
08:51Joe Amaya makes the catch two
08:53away two outs and back to the
08:54top for Isaiah kind of falafel.
08:56Oh nope.
08:57It's going to be a leak of
08:58Williams to pinch hit you to
08:59pitch rounder to short dance
09:02beat ends the eight scoreless no
09:07hit innings for the Cubs
09:09pitching staff buckle in go to
09:13the bottom of the eight up 11 to
09:14nothing.
09:15It's Roddy Tillis again his
09:17third appearance in the past
09:18week on the mound.
09:20He's trying to put up a zero in
09:21this 11 to nothing Cubs game.
09:24Left center it's a base hit.
09:27Bush runs third it scores and
09:29Miles Mastroboni an RBI single
09:31twelve to nothing Cubs.
09:33We go to the ninth inning pirates
09:34without a hit.
09:35Shota Imanaga went seven Nate
09:37Pearson went one and now Porter
09:39Hodge is on in the ninth inning
09:42down there to short.
09:45Pirates did not have a hit one
09:47out in the ninth inning trailing
09:48twelve to nothing to the Cubs
09:50by no hitter through eight and a
09:51third.
09:52There's a bouncer to short
09:53gloving and his Dansby Swanson
09:55throws the first two down and
09:57the pirates down to their last
09:58chance.
09:59The fans were booing when
10:01Imanaga did not come out to
10:03pitch the eighth but they have
10:04rallied here in support of the
10:06Cubs bullpen.
10:07We're going to finish this off
10:08everybody on their feet pirates
10:10down to their last strike.
10:11The pitch bouncer slowly towards
10:14Swanson he's got it throws to
10:15first no hitter.
10:19They combine no hitter for the
10:21Chicago Cubs.
10:22Shota Imanaga seven innings
10:25Porter Hodge gets the final
10:26three.
10:28Nate Pearson worked a scoreless
10:30and hitless eighth inning and
10:32the Cubs have combined on a no
10:34hit ball game here tonight at
10:36Wrigley.
10:37First Cubs no hitter since
10:38nineteen seventy two here at the
10:41confines for the Cubs.
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