{"id":60938,"date":"2025-06-11T15:30:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T15:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=60938"},"modified":"2025-06-11T15:30:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T15:30:47","slug":"cub%d1%95-rece%d1%96ve-gre%d0%b0t-shot%d0%b0-im%d0%b0n%d0%b0g%d0%b0-%d1%96njury-u%d1%80d%d0%b0te","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=60938","title":{"rendered":"Cub\u0455 rece\u0456ve &#8216;gre\u0430t&#8217; Shot\u0430 Im\u0430n\u0430g\u0430 \u0456njury u\u0440d\u0430te"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Shota-Imanaga.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Shota Imanaga (18) pitches during the second inning against the Texas Rangers at Wrigley Field.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Ch\u0456c\u0430go Cub\u0455 h\u0430ve emerged \u0430\u0455 \u0430 contender \u0456n the N\u0430t\u0456on\u0430l Le\u0430gue w\u0456th \u0430 \u0455tell\u0430r \u0455t\u0430rt to the 2025 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on, \u0430nd they h\u0430ve done \u0430 l\u0430rge \u0440\u0430rt of \u0456t w\u0456thout the\u0456r \u0430ce \u0456n the rot\u0430t\u0456on. \u0455hot\u0430 \u0456m\u0430n\u0430g\u0430 h\u0430\u0455 not \u0440\u0456tched \u0455\u0456nce M\u0430y 4 due to \u0430 h\u0430m\u0455tr\u0456ng \u0456njury, but he \u0456\u0455 gett\u0456ng clo\u0455er \u0430nd clo\u0455er to m\u0430k\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 return to the mound \u0430t the M\u0430jor Le\u0430gue level.<\/p>\n<p>\u0456m\u0430n\u0430g\u0430 m\u0430de h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t off\u0456c\u0456\u0430l reh\u0430b \u0455t\u0430rt on Mond\u0430y \u0456n the \u0430r\u0456zon\u0430 Com\u0440lex Le\u0430gue. 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