Enhanced Box Score: Cubs 7, White Sox 6 – June 4, 2024 – Bleacher Nation

The moment felt especially good because the Cubs had come back from a five-run deficit to tie things in the 6th, only to then immediately see the White Sox go right back on top in the 7th thanks to a Luis Robert home run. It was a fist-pumping moment for sure.

Shōta Imanaga looked fantastic through his first three innings. The White Sox’s offense has something to do with that, sure, but he was executing well. The pitches looked great. Really sharp.

But the fourth inning saw every bad thing come together: Imanaga’s location wasn’t quite as sharp, the White Sox hitters were seeing him the second time through, Christopher Morel made a key error (possibly two outs’ worth), Imanaga had to throw extra pitches, and the White Sox went off. Some of it was Imanaga’s fault. Some of it was Morel’s fault. Some of it was a credit to the White Sox. Just a disaster of an inning in a disastrous stretch for the Cubs.

Then the rain came and the delay maybe did its magical thing, because the Cubs came out of it swinging. They scored five (including a couple two-run homers from Morel and Patrick Wisdom) to tie the game up, before Luis Robert’s homer put the White Sox back on top. That’s when Happ’s big moment came (he’s the Ankin Law “Making It Personal” Player of the Game, obviously).

The bullpen was really great in relief of Imanaga. Heck, even Hayden Wesneski – who gave up the homer to Robert – looked fine. He left one pitch a little too high, and a superstar crushed it. Happens. Everyone else pitched clean.

Naturally, The Hector Neris Experience showed up for the 9th inning, which meant walking the potential tying run. That became a super-speedy pinch-runner, who easily stole second base. BUT THEN NERIS PICKED HIM OFF SECOND BASE! It was pretty awesome. Then a pop out to end it. Great capper to a wild win.

Full box score.