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"I felt that there were days when I couldn't even throw it 100%."

Imanaga started the game against the New York Mets at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois on the 22nd (Korea time) and recorded a loss of 10 runs with 11 hits (three home runs) and one walk, three strikeouts.

In the top of the first inning, Imanaga started the game with a double hit by leadoff hitter Francisco Lindor, and allowed Brandon Nimmo to walk and J.D. Martinez to hit a first three-run homer. Afterwards, he struck out Pete Alonso and dealt Starling Marte and Mark Vientos with poor batting to end the inning.

In the second inning, Imana started the inning on a shaky ground, as she was hit by a solo home run by leadoff hitter Francisco Alvarez. After giving up hits to Jose Iglesias, he caught Harrison Bader and Lindor with straight hits to third base and fly to center field, respectively, but allowed Nemo a two-run homer and allowed three more runs. Martinez struck out swinging.

Imanaga faced another crisis after being hit by a double by Alonso, the leadoff hitter in the third inning, and was on the verge of being runners on the first and third bases with no outs due to Marte's hit. Vientis induced a grounder to the third baseman, and Lindor struck out, but lost another run due to Iglesias' timely hit. Bader grounded out to shortstop.

After taking the mound again in the fourth inning, he was replaced by Hayden Wesneski after receiving a Lindor double, Nemo hit, and Martinez's timely hit. Wesneski allowed a walk, Marte's RBI single, Lindor's walk, and Iglesias' two-run timely hit, increasing his run to 10 points. In the end, the Cubs suffered a crushing defeat. Lee's ERA soared from 1.89 to 2.96.

Imana threw 74 pitches. She used a splitter (33), four-seam (29), curveball (6), and sweeper (6 pitches), and her maximum speed of four-seam was 92.0 miles (148.1 kilometers) per hour. Imana's main weapon, the splitter, had a swing and miss rate of only 17 percent on the day. Mets hitters also targeted her fastball, which only posted a swing and miss rate of 8 percent.

Japanese media outlet Nikkan Sports reported in an interview with Imana. At the match against the Mets on June 2, he overwhelmed Mets batters with a win over three hits, one walk and seven strikeouts in seven innings, but at the match, Imana said, "I felt that there were days when I couldn't even throw in 100 percent of my capacity. To overcome such a situation, I need to make more efforts and think about it. My conditions and today's conditions were different from those of the Mets' batters in the last game. I feel that the batters responded properly. First of all, I hit a breaking ball that went into my head on a fastball but the rest of the batters made a mistake. I should have responded to the opponent's changes, but I failed to do it properly."

"When warming up, my physical condition does not often match with my physical condition during a game," said Imana. "Even if I am in good condition, sometimes my physical condition does not match well, or even if I do not warm up, my physical condition does not match well. I felt very normal today. In the last game, I reduced my speed in the early part of the game and threw 93 miles (149.6 kilometers) in the last seventh inning. At first, I planned to lower my speed and then raise my speed, but this time, I entered the game the same again. However, I got hit before raising my speed. When the reaction came out, I think I need to think again about what to do after that," she said, reflecting on her underperformance on the day.
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