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

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Thames, A. (2026, September 5). Imanaga pitches 6 sharp innings, Crow-Armstrong doubles, steals 33rd base as Cubs beat Marlins 6-1. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/imanaga-pitches-6-sharp-innings-crow-armstrong-doubles-steals-33rd-base-as-cubs-beat-marlins-6-1/article_bb02d7bd-78af-5514-bbca-8af1a64136db.html

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Shota Imanaga pitched six innings for the Chicago Cubs, allowing three hits and one run in a 6-1 win over the Miami Marlins on Friday. Pete Crow-Armstrong doubled and stole his 33rd base of the season, while Nico Hoerner had three hits and an RBI to contribute to the Cubs' victory. The Cubs scored three runs in the sixth inning against Marlins relievers, breaking open what was a 1-0 game at that point. Imanaga improved to 9-10 with the win.

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Shota Imanaga pitched six sharp innings for the Chicago Cubs, allowing three hits and one run against the Miami Marlins on Friday. Imanaga improved his record to 9-10 with this performance, striking out four batters in the process. In a separate development, Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong doubled and stole his 33rd base of the season as part of Chicago's 6-1 victory over Miami. Marlins starter Janson Junk struck out five batters but was unable to contain the Cubs' offense, which scored three runs in the sixth inning against relief pitchers Jack Ralston and Josh Ekness. The win marked Imanaga's fourth win since the All-Star break and helped keep the Cubs competitive in their series against the Marlins.

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Topics

Cubs MIAMI Marlins the Chicago Cubs the Miami Marlins

Subjects

Cubs ORG · 3× Marlins ORG · 3× MIAMI GPE · 2× Ramírez PERSON · 2× Aaron Civale PERSON · 1× Imanaga PERSON · 1× Pete Crow-Armstrong PERSON · 1× Shota Imanaga PERSON · 1× the Chicago Cubs ORG · 1× the Miami Marlins ORG · 1×

Narrative

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.

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

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MIAMI (AP) — Shota Imanaga allowed three hits and one run in six innings and Pete Crow-Armstrong doubled and stole his 33rd base as the Chicago Cubs beat the Miami Marlins 6-1 on Friday. asserted

Cubs → allow → Friday

Imanaga (9-10) struck out four and improved to 4-2 in nine starts since the All-Star break. asserted

Imanaga → strike → break

Aaron Civale pitched the final three innings for his second save. asserted

Civale → pitch → save

Armstrong → continue → sixth

Alex Bregman singled twice and walked, stretching his hitting streak to eight games, dating to Aug 28. asserted

Bregman → single → Aug

Nico Hoerner also had three hits and an RBI. asserted

Hoerner → have → hits

Pedro Ramírez drove in two runs. asserted

Ramírez → drive → runs

Marlins starter Janson Junk (6-9) struck out five and limited the Cubs to one run on three hits through five innings. asserted

Junk → strike → innings

Chicago then scored three in the sixth against relievers Jack Ralston and Josh Ekness. asserted

Chicago → score → Ralston

Crow-Armstrong led off the sixth with a walk against Ralston, who then allowed one-out walks to Michael Busch and Bregman. asserted

who → lead → Busch

Ekness entered, walked in a run and allowed an RBI single to Hoerner before Ramírez’s sacrifice fly, making it 4-0. asserted

it → enter → fly

The Marlins broke up the shutout bid in the seventh when Griffin Conine scored on Esteury Ruiz’s groundout. asserted

Conine → break → groundout

Conine singled twice, and Deyvison De Los Santos doubled. asserted

Santos → single → ?

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. asserted

Busch → hit → season

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

Happ → take → choice

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). asserted

Assad → start → Gusto