Chicago Cubs at Miami Marlins

· Major League Baseball

Chicago Cubs

80-62, 39-31 Away

Final
6 - 1

Miami Marlins

71-71, 42-28 Home

Imanaga pitches 6 sharp innings, Crow-Armstrong doubles, steals 33rd base as Cubs beat Marlins 6-1

Chicago Cubs vs. Miami Marlins: Game Highlights

Imanaga (9-10) struck out four and improved to 4-2 in nine starts since the All-Star break. Aaron Civale pitched the final three innings for his second save.

Armstrong continued to bolster his case for NL MVP, drawing a four-pitch walk, scoring twice and making a leaping grab at the center-field wall to rob Miami’s Heriberto Hernández of a potential extra-base hit in the sixth.

Alex Bregman singled twice and walked, stretching his hitting streak to eight games, dating to Aug 28. Nico Hoerner also had three hits and an RBI. Pedro Ramírez drove in two runs.

Marlins starter Janson Junk (6-9) struck out five and limited the Cubs to one run on three hits through five innings. Chicago then scored three in the sixth against relievers Jack Ralston and Josh Ekness.

Crow-Armstrong led off the sixth with a walk against Ralston, who then allowed one-out walks to Michael Busch and Bregman. Ekness entered, walked in a run and allowed an RBI single to Hoerner before Ramírez's sacrifice fly, making it 4-0.

The Marlins broke up the shutout bid in the seventh when Griffin Conine scored on Esteury Ruiz's groundout. Conine singled twice, and Deyvison De Los Santos doubled.

Busch hit a solo home run against Bradley Blalock in the ninth, driving the right-hander's sweeper 427 feet to right-center for his 18th homer of the season.

The Cubs took a 1-0 lead in the second when Ian Happ scored on Ramírez's fielder's choice.

Up next RHP Javier Assad (6-1, 3.46) will start the second game of the series for the Cubs against Marlins RHP Ryan Gusto (1-3, 3.86 ERA).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Ruiz struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Ramírez fouled out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Sanoja grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Happ struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bregman lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Busch homered to right center (427 feet).

Statistics

CHC		MIA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	12
7	Strikeouts	7
5	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	4
1	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
16	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
175	Pitches	140
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
13	Total Bases	6
41	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
5.7	Runs Created	0.5
.265	Batting Average	.129
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.382	Slugging Percentage	.194
.324	Secondary Average	.129
.366	On Base Percentage	.182
.748	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.375
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
5.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.5
37.0	Batter Rating	12.0
34.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.27	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.24
.118	Isolated Power	.065
0.86	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.29
.146	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.061
.059	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
11.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
86.0	MLB Rating	63.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0