MILWAUKEE — Cubs left-hander Shota Imanaga stood hunched over along with his palms on his knees as he waited for an athletic coach to expire to him within the backside of the sixth inning of a recreation Sunday in opposition to the Brewers at American Household Discipline.
He’d run from the mound to cowl first base for a double play try when the Brewers’ Christian Yelich hit a floor ball to Cubs first baseman Michael Busch. The Cubs bought the out at second, however Yelich beat the throw to first. Imanaga stepped off the bag and grabbed the again of his left leg, grimacing. He bounced a throw residence to maintain Brewers baserunner Jackson Chourio at third.
As soon as the play was over, supervisor Craig Counsell and an athletic coach had a brief dialog with Imanaga and led him off the sector. Imanaga walked with a noticeable limp. The group later introduced that he’d strained his left hamstring.
He was charged with two runs and 4 hits in 5 2/3 innings.
Imanaga additionally left his start last Tuesday in Pittsburgh within the sixth inning, with cramping in his quadriceps. However he bounced again and remained on an everyday schedule for Sunday’s begin in opposition to the Brewers.
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