Manny Machado’s home run came after the Cubs embarrassingly botched two foul balls in the same at-bat

It's common sense in baseball that no team wants to give a good hitter extra outs.

And there's nothing more deflating to a pitcher than when bad defense leads to runs.Shota Imanaga got to experience that in the worst way on Tuesday.Despite three walks, Imanaga pitched a gem in the Cubs' 10-inning win over the Padres.

But he had to take a no decision after the unluckiest sequence in Manny Machado's fifth-inning at-bat.

Imanaga got Machado to pop up foul in playable territory not once ...

but twice.

And both of those times, the Cubs committed errors.

Machado took advantage and hit the go-ahead home run in the same at-bat.The Cubs dropped two foul pop-ups in the same at-bat, which ended in a Manny Machado home run pic.twitter.com/cBDgbTXl4G Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) April 16, 2025That's how you make a team pay for defensive mistakes.

Had the Cubs lost, it would have been one of the tougher losses to get over.

But the Cubs did rally to tie in the sixth and Nico Hoerner's 10th-inning triple put Chicago ahead for the 2-1 win.This article originally appeared on For The Win: Manny Machados home run came after the Cubs embarrassingly botched two foul balls in the same at-bat.

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