{"id":101898,"date":"2025-10-02T13:17:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T13:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=101898"},"modified":"2025-10-02T13:17:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T13:17:30","slug":"chicago-cubs-news-and-notes-shota-imanaga-manny-machado-mason-miller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=101898","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Cubs news and notes: Shota Imanaga, Manny Machado, Mason Miller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Cub Tracks thinks it was genius to have ostensible closer Daniel Palencia bollix the middle of the Padres\u2019 lineup and let the rest of the crew lock it down. A Counsell pen needs to be awake as anyone can pitch at any time. CC has reasons for what he does but it looks like Don Zimmer playing hunches.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Key to the ball game from where I sit. Right after taking the lead, keep that mojo workin\u2019. Jon Greenberg says momentum is a real thing <strong>{$}<\/strong> but didn\u2019t understand what CC did with the young flamethrower. That was <em>not<\/em> a demotion, Jon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Game two featured bullpen stalwart Andrew Kittredge getting the start, facing the redoubtable Dylan Cease, who may not be what he was but is still pretty damn good. He certainly mystified the Cubs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Padres posted a run against Kittredge but that was it. Shota came on when expected. That one run was the only run until Manny Machado whomped a two-run job in the fifth. By then Cease was out of the game and the superlative San Diego bullpen had taken over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Can\u2019t score if you don\u2019t hit or walk. Hilariously, articles about the final were showing up in the eighth inning. Here are the details on the time and TV channel. Yu know who against Jameson Taillon.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">*means\u00a0<em>autoplay on<\/em>, (directions to remove for Firefox and Chrome).\u00a0<strong>{$}<\/strong>\u00a0means paywall. {$} means limited views.\u00a0<em>Italics\u00a0<\/em>are often used on this page as<em>\u00a0sarcasm font.\u00a0<\/em>The powers that be have enabled\u00a0<em>real sarcasm font<\/em>\u00a0in the comments.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Food for thought:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Please be reminded that\u00a0Cub Tracks\u00a0and\u00a0Bleed Cubbie Blue\u00a0do not necessarily endorse the content of articles, podcasts, or videos that are linked to in this series. We will not wittingly publish A. I. \u2013 driven articles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cub Tracks &#8211; The #1 source for #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news. 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