Shōta Imanaga had a good outing, but not his best. The offense struggled at times after one big inning that featured Kyle Tucker’s first home run at Wrigley Field since July 19.

Thus it was up to the Cubs bullpen to close things out, and they did. Drew Pomeranz, Caleb Thielbar and Daniel Palencia (22nd save) threw three innings of shutout relief and the Cubs hung on for a 4-3 win over the Braves.

Imanaga breezed through the first three innings, allowing just a one-out walk in the first. He got some help from his defense — check out this terrific sliding stop by Dansby Swanson in the third [VIDEO].

Nice tag by Justin Turner on the other end of that play, too.

The Cubs offense exploded in the fourth. Kevin Alcántara, starting in place of Pete Crow-Armstrong in center field, singled with

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