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- Pete Crow-Armstrong hits 1 of Cubs' 5 solo homers to back Imanaga in 6-0 win over Red Sox</p>
<p>GAVIN DORSEYJuly 20, 2025 at 4:06 AM</p>
<p>1 / 5Red Sox Cubs BaseballChicago Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong (4) greets fans after a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Saturday, July 19, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)</p>
<p>CHICAGO (AP) — All-Star Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his 26th homer, one of five solo shots for the Cubs to back seven sharp innings by Shota Imanaga, and Chicago beat the Boston Red Sox 6-0 on Saturday night.</p>
<p>Michael Busch, Kyle Tucker, Matt Shaw and Ian Happ also connected for the Cubs, who moved a season-best 20 games over .500 and have the best record in the majors at 59-39.</p>
<p>Imanaga (7-3) allowed five hits, struck out five, walked one and lowered his ERA to 2.40. The 31-year-old, second-year left-hander from Japan improved to 22-6 in the majors.</p>
<p>Busch and Tucker led off the game with back-to-back homers against Brayan Bello (6-4). Shaw had a pinch-hit homer in the seventh against reliever Chris Murphy, and Crow-Armstrong and Happ went back-to-back against Murphy in the eighth.</p>
<p>Brad Keller struck out the side in the eighth and Ryan Brasier worked the ninth for his first save since 2023 with the Los Angeles Dodgers.</p>
<p>Key moment</p>
<p>With two outs in the seventh, Imanaga allowed back-to-back singles to Masataka Yoshida and Abraham Toro, and Yoshida took third on Imanaga's throwing error. Imanaga induced a shallow fly ball from Connor Wong to end the inning.</p>
<p>Key stat</p>
<p>The Cubs went 0 for 5 with runners in scoring position.</p>
<p>Up next</p>
<p>Garrett Crochet (10-4, 2.23 ERA) will try to help the Red Sox avoid a three-game sweep on Sunday. The Cubs had not announced a starter.</p>
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