<p>The Cubs have a Shota Imanaga problem, but they’re not ready to admit it.</p><p>The left-hander allowed three home runs Sunday night in a 7-5 loss to the Reds, marking the sixth time this season he has allowed at least three in a game. That’s a record for a franchise that celebrated its 150th year this weekend.</p><p>“He gave up three homers, and two had men on base,” manager Craig Counsell said. “The math doesn’t really work there as far as having a good start. We know Shota is going to give up some home runs. That’s the nature of his repertoire. Three in a start, that’s too many.”</p><p>At least Imanaga lasted longer than the two innings he pitched in his last start a week before in Seattle. But the Cubs overcame that to win 19-2. They gave themselves a chance against Reds ace Chase Burns, taking a 2-0 lead into the fourth, but the offense was too little, too late.</p><p>Imanaga allowed a three-run homer to Hector Rodriguez (his fourth homer of the season), a solo shot to Dane Myers (his sixth) and a two-run shot to Tyler Stephenson on a pitch out of the strike zone, making it 6-3 in the fifth.</p><p>“The mistake pitches that I can’t throw end up in zones that they’re going to hit,” Imanaga said through a translator. “And here, those swings don’t end up in singles; those end up in home runs. There’s a lot of frustration within myself. But I need to be the one to figure it out.”</p><p>Counsell pushed back on the suggestion that Imanaga’s rotation spot is in jeopardy.</p><p>“He’s not having a bad season,” Counsell said. “He’s having a pretty decent season. I wouldn’t say that at all, no. We need Shota. We need Shota to be good for us. So we have to work at helping him be better.”</p><h3>Davis, Lester get blue jackets</h3><p>Former Cubs catcher Jody Davis and pitcher Jon Lester were inducted into the Cubs’ Hall of Fame and received their blue jackets in pregame ceremonies.</p><p>Davis was a two-time All-Star in eight seasons with the Cubs, including 1984, when the team won the National League East for its first postseason appearance in 39 years.</p><p>Lester also was a two-time All-Star in five full seasons with the Cubs, but his postseason achievement was more notable. He helped the 2016 team end the club’s 108-year World Series-championship drought.</p><h3>Notes</h3><p>The Cubs released 2020 first-round pick (16th overall) and Chicago native Ed Howard from Triple-A Iowa on Saturday. Between Iowa and Double-A Knoxville this season, the shortstop was hitting .168 with a .469 OPS and two homers in 52 games.</p><p>• Right-hander Edward Cabrera (blister on middle finger) is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment Tuesday at Iowa.</p><h3>On deck</h3><p><b>BREWERS AT CUBS</b></p><p><b>Monday:</b> Kyle Harrison (10-3, 2.79 ERA) vs. Clay Holmes (5-6, 2.26), 6:40 p.m., Marquee, 670-AM, 104.3-FM.</p><p><b>Tuesday:</b> Robert Gasser (4-5, 4.59) vs. Matthew Boyd (8-3, 3.99), 6:40 p.m., Marquee, 670-AM, 104.3-FM.</p><p><b>Wednesday:</b> Jacob Misiorowski (14-5, 1.73) vs. David Peterson (7-7, 5.11), 6:40 p.m., Marquee, 670-AM, 104.3-FM.</p><p><b>Thursday:</b> Logan Henderson (9-2, 2.48) vs. Kevin Gausman (8-11, 4.52), 6:15 p.m., Fox 32, 670-AM, 104.3-FM.<br></p>
Cubs stand behind Shota Imanaga after he allows three homers in loss to Reds 2026
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