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Cubs’ Shota Imanaga has brutal four-word message after NLDS loss to Brewers originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/em><\/p>\n

After their Game 1 loss, the Chicago Cubs sent out their ace, Shota Imanaga, to the mound to try and bounce back from Matthew Boyd’s rough outing against the Brewers.<\/p>\n

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Through two batters, Imanaga was in control as he notched two strikeouts of Jackson Chourio and Brice Turang. However, things completely unraveled from there. He allowed two singles followed by a three-run home run to tie the game. He gave up four runs total, receiving the loss for the Cubs in Game 2.<\/p>\n

After the game, Imanaga shared a very blunt and brutal four-word assessment of his performance against the Brewers through an interpreter on Marquee Sports Network.<\/p>\n

Cubs’ Shota Imanaga gives brutal assessment of Brewers’ NLDS start<\/h2>\n

“I ruined the game,” Imanaga said. “So there’s a lot of frustration within myself.”<\/p>\n

While the three-run homer he allowed in the first inning tied the game, he came back out and got the next five Brewers out before, once again, allowing a home run. This time, it was a solo shot to William Contreras that wound up being the winning run.<\/p>\n

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After Christian Yelich singled off Imanaga in the third, he was pulled for Daniel Palencia, who then went on to give up a three-run homer of his own to make it 7-3, where the final score ended up.<\/p>\n

Imanaga’s second postseason start for the Cubs was a 2.2-inning outing where he allowed five hits, four earned runs, and was on the hook for the loss. Imanaga saying he ruined the game is a stretch, but it’s undeniable that his performance was part of why the Cubs lost.<\/p>\n

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Now, one loss away from elimination, the Cubs fortunately get to return home to try and capitalize on home-field advantage to begin making a comeback in the NLDS.<\/p>\n

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If the Cubs can force a Game 5, Chicago might wind up sending Imanaga back out there for the series finale in what could be a great way for the second-year lefty to make up for what he deemed a ruined game.<\/p>\n

In the year, Imanaga had a 3.73 ERA and a 9-8 record with 117 strikeouts in 25 starts. While he didn’t pitch as well as he did in 2024, when he had a 2.91 ERA in 29 starts in his first year in the Majors, Imanaga was still a solid starter for the Cubs.<\/p>\n

But his rough outing against the Brewers has the Cubs on the verge of elimination. While Imanaga may have “ruined” Game 2 of the NLDS, the Cubs aren’t eliminated just yet, as the series moves to Chicago for Game 3, and if necessary, Game 4.<\/p>\n

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