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.

The Chicago Cubs are less than two weeks away from the most critical trade deadline they have seen in quite some time.

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 ...

Shota Imanaga threw seven scoreless innings, Michael Busch and Kyle Tucker slugged back-to-back home runs in the first, and ...

All-Star Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his 26th homer, one of five solo shots for the Cubs to back seven sharp innings by Shota ...

The Cubs made a lineup switch in their last series before the All-Star break, resulting in Ian Happ moving down in the order. The plan moving forward appears to be that Nico Hoerner will hit leadoff ...

The Chicago Cubs need help filling out their rotation at the trade deadline, and they could turn to the ace of the Washington Nationals, MacKenzie Gore.

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 have made a major prospect decision this week in the midst of what has been an excellent campaign for one of the top names in the farm system.