Shota Imanaga notched his second Major League Baseball win after tossing 5-1/3 strong innings in the Chicago Cubs' 4-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday.
Seiya Suzuki helped his Japanese teammate get the win by sending a solo home run deep over left center field for a 2-1 Chicago lead in the top of the third inning at T-Mobile Park in Seattle.
Imanaga (2-0) struck out four and allowed one run, none earned, on five hits and two walks.
In other MLB action, Masataka Yoshida drove in two runs in a 2-for-4 outing to help the Boston Red Sox beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-2 and snap a four-game skid at Fenway Park.
Yoshida broke the ice with an RBI single before scoring on Triston Casas' two-run homer that gave the Red Sox a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first. The Japanese designated hitter then put Boston up 6-0 with an RBI line-drive single to left in the second.
Kenta Maeda is still seeking his first win as a member of the Detroit Tigers after their 11-5, 12-inning loss to the Minnesota Twins in the opening game of a doubleheader.
The Japanese right-hander left the mound at Comerica Park with a 3-2 lead against his former club after a six-inning start in which he fanned five and allowed two runs, one earned, on five hits and no walks.
