Crow-Armstrong and Suzuki lead Imanaga, Cubs to 5-4 victory over Guardians
Seiya Suzuki added two hits and three RBIs for the Cubs, who have opened July with consecutive victories over Cleveland after dropping seven of their final 11 in June. They lead the NL Central at 51-35.
Carlos Santana, Lane Thomas and David Fry hit solo home runs for Cleveland, which has dropped six straight and fell to 40-44.
Imanaga gave up three earned runs in 5 1/3 innings and struck out four. Cleveland's Tanner Bibee allowing five earned runs in four innings.
The homers by Santana and Thomas came on consecutive pitches to begin the second inning, both landing in the left-field basket. Fry's homer made it 3-0 in the third, but the Cubs scored twice in the bottom of the inning before Suzuki's two-run single and Crow-Anderson's triple made it 5-3 in the fourth.
Steven Kwan hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth, but Daniel Palencia recorded the final out to secure his 10th save.
Suzuki's run-scoring double and Crow-Anderson's RBI single in the third started Chicago's comeback.
The Guardians were 0 for 4 with runners in scoring position and left seven runners on base. The Cubs had three hits with runners in scoring position.
Chicago RHP Cade Horton is slated to take the mound against Cleveland RHP Luis Ortiz on Thursday.
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