Pete Crow-Armstrong hits 1 of Cubs’ 5 solo homers to back Imanaga in 6-0 win over Red Sox

HICAGO AP All-Star Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his th homer one of five solo shots for the Cubs to back seven sharp innings by Shota Imanaga and Chicago beat the Boston Red Sox - on Saturday night Michael Busch Kyle Tucker Matt Shaw and Ian Happ also connected for the Cubs who moved a season-best games over and have the best record in the majors at - Imanaga - allowed five hits struck out five walked one and lowered his ERA to The -year-old second-year left-hander from Japan improved to - in the majors Busch and Tucker led off the battle with back-to-back homers against Brayan Bello - 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 Brad Keller struck out the side in the eighth and Ryan Brasier worked the ninth for his first save since with the Los Angeles Dodgers Key moment 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 Key stat The Cubs went for with runners in scoring position Up next Garrett Crochet - ERA will try to help the Red Sox avoid a three-game sweep on Sunday The Cubs had not released a starter