Sunday’s weather forecast in Chicago was pretty dire — rain for most of the day, and I’ll have some further thoughts later — but it ended mid-afternoon in time for the game to begin with a two hour, 20 minute delay.
It was worth the wait to see Shu014dta Imanaga put together yet another outstanding start. The Cubs added three homers and shut out the Nationals 5-0 on eight hits.
After Imanaga retired the Nats 1-2-3 in the first, the Cubs wasted no time getting on the board. Mike Tauchman sent a 2-0 fastball off the right-field video board [VIDEO].