It only took about 24 hours for the honeymoon to end, and now it’s up to Shu014dta Imanaga to save the season. Since no team has ever made the playoffs after starting out 1-4, this is perhaps the most critical game the Cubs will play. Or maybe I just made all that up and this one is really only consequential in the fact that banking early losses isn’t very helpful.
A day after putting up 10 runs in the opener, the Cubs looked listless in mustering just one run on three hits against Merrill Kelly.