how do the cubs play when facing pitchers who are top 20 in strikeouts this year

Shota Imanaga has struck out the most batters for the Cubs this season, with 152 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Shota Imanaga S. Imanaga	152	2026	CHC	28	9	10	.474	28	3.91	0	0	0	156.1	140	68	70	33	35	6	0	0	637	4	8.75	2.01	4.34	1.90	23.9	5.5	1.12	.260	4.03	96	4.68	114	8.06	-10
2	Colin Rea C. Rea	100	2026	CHC	31	8	8	.500	19	4.47	0	0	1	133.0	134	66	68	21	47	7	7	0	575	1	6.77	3.18	2.13	1.42	17.4	8.2	1.36	.283	4.60	110	4.86	118	9.07	-11.3
3	Matthew Boyd M. Boyd	86	2026	CHC	19	8	4	.667	19	4.03	0	0	0	109.1	100	49	52	15	33	7	0	0	450	1	7.08	2.72	2.61	1.23	19.1	7.3	1.22	.275	4.28	99	4.40	107	8.23	-3.6
4	Jameson Taillon J. Taillon	68	2026	CHC	15	2	6	.250	15	5.92	0	0	0	76.0	76	50	51	25	27	2	0	1	326	1	8.05	3.20	2.52	2.96	20.9	8.3	1.36	.250	6.04	145	6.72	163	9.00	-22.5
5	Jacob Webb J. Webb	67	2026	CHC	63	6	4	.600	0	3.36	0	0	9	61.2	55	23	26	9	22	1	26	0	261	0	9.78	3.21	3.05	1.31	25.7	8.4	1.25	.284	3.79	82	3.93	96	8.03	1.2
6	Edward Cabrera E. Cabrera	67	2026	CHC	15	5	5	.500	15	5.68	0	0	0	76.0	78	48	53	15	32	1	0	0	329	1	7.93	3.79	2.09	1.78	20.4	9.7	1.45	.294	6.28	139	5.20	126	9.24	-9.4
7	Ben Brown B. Brown	65	2026	CHC	20	4	2	.667	8	1.85	0	0	1	68.0	45	14	16	2	19	2	2	0	265	6	8.60	2.51	3.42	0.26	24.5	7.2	0.94	.243	2.12	45	2.49	60	5.96	12.5
8	Javier Assad J. Assad	58	2026	CHC	23	6	1	.857	11	3.58	0	0	2	88.0	74	35	36	15	26	3	6	1	352	2	5.93	2.66	2.23	1.53	16.5	7.4	1.14	.236	3.68	88	4.98	121	7.57	-8.6
9	Caleb Thielbar C. Thielbar	57	2026	CHC	54	3	3	.500	0	4.89	0	0	3	46.0	43	25	27	11	18	1	9	3	196	1	11.15	3.52	3.17	2.15	29.1	9.2	1.33	.294	5.28	120	4.96	120	8.41	-4.4
10	David Peterson D. Peterson	54	2026	CHC	13	4	2	.667	12	4.41	0	0	0	63.1	66	31	33	8	29	1	0	0	280	1	7.67	4.12	1.86	1.14	19.3	10.4	1.50	.309	4.69	108	4.45	108	9.38	-2.4
11	Ryan Rolison R. Rolison	51	2026	CHC	53	8	1	.889	2	2.84	0	0	2	57.0	46	18	20	6	25	0	14	1	229	5	8.05	3.95	2.04	0.95	22.3	10.9	1.25	.272	3.16	70	3.99	97	7.26	0.8
12	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	44	2026	CHC	7	4	2	.667	7	5.31	0	0	0	39.0	40	23	24	9	10	0	0	0	166	1	10.15	2.31	4.40	2.08	26.5	6.0	1.28	.301	5.54	130	4.60	112	9.23	-2.2
13	Phil Maton P. Maton	31	2026	CHC	31	0	1	.000	0	6.18	0	0	0	27.2	34	19	19	5	16	5	4	0	136	1	10.08	5.20	1.94	1.63	22.8	11.8	1.81	.367	6.18	152	5.48	133	11.06	-4.3
14	Trent Thornton T. Thornton	31	2026	CHC	47	5	5	.500	0	3.42	0	0	3	47.1	40	18	21	8	17	3	12	2	192	1	5.89	3.23	1.82	1.52	16.1	8.9	1.20	.241	3.99	84	5.25	127	7.61	-6.1
15	Aaron Civale A. Civale	29	2026	CHC	13	1	0	1.000	0	1.27	0	0	2	28.1	19	4	6	1	8	2	6	1	115	1	9.21	2.54	3.63	0.32	25.2	7.0	0.95	.240	1.91	31	2.56	62	6.04	5
16	Daniel Palencia D. Palencia	25	2026	CHC	26	2	2	.500	0	4.70	0	0	3	23.0	25	12	13	4	8	1	14	1	100	0	9.78	3.13	3.13	1.57	25.0	8.0	1.43	.339	5.09	115	4.35	106	9.78	-0.6
17	Tyler Ferguson T. Ferguson	20	2026	CHC	17	0	1	.000	0	3.63	0	0	0	17.1	11	7	7	4	4	3	5	0	70	0	10.38	2.08	5.00	2.08	28.6	5.7	0.87	.179	3.63	89	5.00	121	5.71	-1.7
18	Clay Holmes C. Holmes	20	2026	CHC	6	2	3	.400	6	3.51	0	0	0	33.1	26	13	13	2	12	1	0	0	134	0	5.40	3.24	1.67	0.54	14.9	9.0	1.14	.242	3.51	86	3.84	93	7.02	1
19	Hoby Milner H. Milner	18	2026	CHC	38	1	0	1.000	0	3.53	0	0	1	35.2	34	14	14	4	9	3	7	1	149	0	4.54	2.27	2.00	1.01	12.1	6.0	1.21	.261	3.53	87	4.55	110	8.58	-1.8
20	Ethan Roberts E. Roberts	17	2026	CHC	23	0	2	.000	0	4.21	0	0	0	25.2	22	12	14	3	14	3	5	0	110	0	5.96	4.91	1.21	1.05	15.5	12.7	1.40	.260	4.91	103	5.27	128	7.71	-3.4
21	Ryan Zeferjahn R. Zeferjahn	13	2026	CHC	14	0	1	.000	0	6.23	0	0	1	13.0	14	9	10	2	6	1	3	1	59	1	9.00	4.15	2.17	1.38	22.0	10.2	1.54	.324	6.92	153	4.71	114	9.69	-0.9
22	Gavin Hollowell G. Hollowell	13	2026	CHC	14	0	0		0	2.51	0	0	1	14.1	11	4	5	2	8	1	2	0	62	2	8.16	5.02	1.63	1.26	21.0	12.9	1.33	.237	3.14	62	4.97	121	6.91	-1.4
23	Riley Martin R. Martin	10	2026	CHC	8	0	0		1	2.16	0	0	0	8.1	5	2	2	1	2	0	2	0	31	0	10.80	2.16	5.00	1.08	32.3	6.5	0.84	.222	2.16	53	2.97	72	5.40	1.1
24	Bryse Wilson B. Wilson	8	2026	CHC	2	0	0		0	8.22	0	0	0	7.2	12	7	7	2	1	2	0	0	38	0	9.39	1.17	8.00	2.35	21.1	2.6	1.70	.400	8.22	202	5.57	135	14.09	-1.3
25	Jordan Wicks J. Wicks	8	2026	CHC	4	0	2	.000	2	10.45	0	0	2	10.1	18	12	12	1	2	1	2	0	50	0	6.97	1.74	4.00	0.87	16.0	4.0	1.94	.447	10.45	256	3.67	89	15.68	0.5

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Fri 9/11	PIT	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Sat 9/12	PIT	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Sun 9/13	PIT	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Mon 9/14	ATL	@	CHC	7:40 PM
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Crow-Armstrong

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12.66

Cease

12.14

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5.76

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Phillies	82	64	.562	3.0
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Mets	68	78	.466	17.0
Nationals	67	81	.453	19.0
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Brewers	91	56	.619
Cubs	81	66	.551	10.0
Pirates	73	73	.500	17.5
Cardinals	72	75	.490	19.0
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Tigers	67	79	.459	8.5
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Astros	74	72	.507
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