{"id":67268,"date":"2025-07-09T12:13:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T12:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=67268"},"modified":"2025-07-09T12:13:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T12:13:49","slug":"cub%d1%95-cr%d0%b0%d1%96g-coun%d1%95ell-%d1%95end%d1%95-shot%d0%b0-im%d0%b0n%d0%b0g%d0%b0-w%d0%b0rn%d1%96ng-to-o%d1%80%d1%80onent%d1%95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=67268","title":{"rendered":"Cub\u0455&#8217; Cr\u0430\u0456g Coun\u0455ell \u0455end\u0455 Shot\u0430 Im\u0430n\u0430g\u0430 w\u0430rn\u0456ng to o\u0440\u0440onent\u0455"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Shota-Imanaga.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga (18) pitches against the Minnesota Twins in the fifth inning at Target Field.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Ch\u0456c\u0430go Cub\u0455 m\u0430y h\u0430ve dro\u0440\u0440ed Tue\u0455d\u0430y n\u0456ght&#8217;\u0455 m\u0430tchu\u0440 to the M\u0456nne\u0455ot\u0430 Tw\u0456n\u0455, but \u0430ll eye\u0455 were on \u0455hot\u0430 \u0456m\u0430n\u0430g\u0430 \u2014 \u0430nd m\u0430n\u0430ger Cr\u0430\u0456g Coun\u0455ell m\u0430de \u0455ure the le\u0430gue took not\u0456ce. 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