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

www.thestar.com - RSS Results of type article · collected 2026-09-05 · by Alanis Thames The Associated Press
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Summary

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.
Written by the local model on 2026-09-05, using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the same event.

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Claims extracted
16
claim-shaped sentences
Uncertain
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0 of 16 hedged
Leaning
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Publisher trust
61.5
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Outlets on this story
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Narrative spread
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“The articles report on different baseball games, with one game being between the Rays and Rangers and the other between the Cubs and Marlins.”

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www.thestar.com - RSS Results of type article · 225 article(s) · 1 correction(s) detected
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Uncertainty density 0.046 0.25
Assertive mismatch rate 1.000 0.35
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Who wrote this

Alanis Thames The Associated Press
1 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 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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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.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-05
🔮 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).
2026-09-05 · www.thestar.com - RSS Results of type article
Imanaga pitches 6 sharp innings, Crow-Armstrong doubles, steals 33rd base as Cubs beat Marlins 6-1 · assertive framing

Claims (16 extracted, 0 hedged)

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 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. asserted
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
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