Shota Imanaga tossed seven shutout innings and five players hit solo home runs Saturday, carrying the Chicago Cubs to a 6-0 win over the Boston Red Sox.

Resetting after the All-Star break has been a challenge for the Red Sox, at least for these first two games at Wrigley Field ...

Michael Busch, Kyle Tucker, Matt Shaw, and Ian Happ also connected for the Cubs, who moved a season-best 20 games over .500 and have the best record in the majors at 59-39.

New York 53 44 .546 3½ Boston 53 46 .535 4½ Tampa Bay 51 47 .520 6 Baltimore 43 53 .448 13 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 59 39 .602 — Cleveland 47 49 .490 11 Minnesota 47 50 ...

All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 55 42 .567 — New York 55 43 .561 ½ Miami 45 51 .469 9½ Atlanta 43 53 .448 11½ Washington 38 59 .392 17 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 58 39 ...

CHICAGO — All-Star center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his 26th homer, one of five solo shots for the Cubs to back seven ...

The Cubs took the series from the Red Sox Saturday night with 5 homers in a 6-0 bashing. Boston has scored 1 run over 18 ...

Imanaga turned in his latest gem since returning from the injured list, throwing seven shutout innings in the Cubs' win over the Red Sox.

Runners left in scoring position_Boston 3 (Wong 2, Anthony); Chicago 3 (Crow-Armstrong, Busch, Happ). RISP_Boston 0 for 5; ...

Shota Imanaga threw seven scoreless innings, Michael Busch and Kyle Tucker slugged back-to-back home runs in the first, and the Chicago Cubs blanked the visiting Boston Red Sox 6-0 on Saturday.

The Chicago Cubs are among the top-fielding teams in MLB. “When you have a good defense, you start to realize how important ...