CHICAGO (Interstat) — Shota Imanaga pitched seven shutout innings and the Chicago Cubs pounded the Minnesota Twins 10-1 on Sunday afternoon at Wrigley Field. Imanaga (7-8) allowed six hits, struck out four and walked none, lowering his ERA. The Cubs scored in each of the first four innings, building a 10-0 lead. Alex Bregman opened the scoring with a two-run homer in the first, his 10th. Nico Hoerner drove in four runs, including a three-run triple in the third. Pedro Ramírez added two hits and an RBI. Michael Busch had two hits and scored twice. The Twins avoided the shutout in the eighth on Royce Lewis’ sacrifice fly. Zebby Matthews (4-7) took the loss, allowing seven runs over three innings. Minnesota grounded into two double plays. The Cubs collected 12 hits to Minnesota’s eight. Attendance was 37,205, and the game lasted 2 hours, 46 minutes. Chicago improved to 56-43, while Minnesota fell to 49-51. The Cubs took two of three in the series.