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Cody Bellinger added a two-run home run in a
six-run second inning as the Dodgers won their third consecutive
game against the Cubs to come out on top in a four-game series.
The Dodgers' recent success has come after they were swept at
San Diego and were no-hit by the Cubs on Thursday.
Kershaw (9-7) gave up one run over a season-long eight innings
on four hits and one walk as he won for just the second time in
his last six starts. The left-hander threw 101 pitches, just the
fourth time in his 17 starts this season that he reached the
100-pitch mark.
Javier Baez hit a home run for the Cubs, while right-hander
Adbert Alzolay lasted just three innings, giving up six runs
(four earned) on five hits with three walks and three
strikeouts.
The Dodgers loaded the bases in the second with nobody out after
Matt Beaty was hit by a pitch and Chris Taylor and Gavin Lux
walked. McKinstry crushed a 1-1 slider from Alzolay (4-7) into
the seats in right field.
It was McKinstry's fifth home run of his rookie season but just
his second in 21 games since returning from an oblique injury.
Both of those home runs came over the weekend against the Cubs.
Four batters after McKinstry went deep, Bellinger hit his
two-run shot. It was just his third of the season after missing
time with multiple leg injuries, and his second in two games
after hitting a game-ending home run Saturday.
Baez hit his 18th home run of the season in the fourth inning to
get the Cubs on the board and cut the deficit to 6-1, but the
Dodgers got the run back in the sixth on a triple by Mookie
Betts and a sacrifice fly from Bellinger.
The Cubs are 1-3 to open a 10-game road trip and dropped to
16-23 on the road this season.
--Field Level Media
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