Chicago Cubs starter Shota Imanaga had great control and were able to keep runs down against the Oakland A’s who scored only twice at Wrigley Field on Mon Sep 16, 2024 (AP News photo)

On That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast:

#1 Chicago Cubs starter Shota Imanaga did the job on Monday night striking out 11 hitters picking up his fifth straight win. He was certainly a tough customer for the visiting Oakland A’s in the 9-2 win.

#2 Despite the win the Cubs remain five games behind the New York Mets for the third and final spot for the NL Wild Card.

#3 Amaury, the A’s struggled to make any contact against Imanaga and had five hits over six innings.

#4 A’s starter Joey Estes who didn’t last long got touched up by the Cubs line up. Estes gave up six runs and nine hits it seemed like everything that Estes threw the Cubs saw the baseball the size of a beach ball.

#5 The A’s and Cubs do battle again at Wrigley. Starting pitcher for the A’s RHP Mitch Spence (7-9, 4.33) for the Cubs LHP Jordan Wicks (2-3, 5.27) first pitch 4:40pm PT.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the radio voice on the Oakland A’s Spanish radio network at 1010 KIQI San Francisco and 990 KATD Pittsburg and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com