Baseball: Imanaga earns 14th win with career-high 11 Ks

Chicago Cubs left-hander Shota Imanaga won his fifth consecutive start Monday, striking out an MLB career-high 11 in six solid innings in a 9-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics. Imanaga (14-3) allowed two runs and five hits while walking three at Wrigley Field. His Japanese teammate Seiya Suzuki had three singles in five at-bats. The Cubs built a 6-0 lead over the first two innings before Imanaga yielded a two-run home run to Brent Rooker in the third. The 31-year-old major league rookie pitcher struck out at least one batter in each of his six innings, pushing his innings total to 166-1/3 i…

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