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Los Angeles trailed 3-2 with a man on in the
sixth against Chicago ace Marcus Stroman (2-2) when Muncy
clubbed his 11th homer and fourth in the series. J.D. Martinez
followed with a solo shot that chased Stroman, who recorded his
1,000th career strikeout, but allowed season highs of five runs
and six hits.
Meanwhile, Clayton Kershaw (4-1) followed up earning his 200th
career victory by giving up three runs in six innings, but the
only one earned came on Yan Gomes' solo homer in the fifth. The
35-year-old left-hander only yielded three hits, a walk and
struck out six for the Dodgers, who won back-to-back contests
for the first time since a three-game winning streak from April
3-6.
Cody Bellinger had two hits with an RBI, while Seiya Suzuki also
added a run-scoring hit for the Cubs, who dropped a series for
the first time since losing two of three versus Milwaukee to
open the season. Chicago, which took two of three at Dodger
Stadium last weekend, won four straight and 10 of 13 entering
this set, but has lost in a row for the first time since
dropping the first three games of April.
Chicago got to Kershaw in the first. Nico Hoerner opened by
reaching on a two-base error via third baseman Muncy. Bellinger
drove him in with a single, and went to second on a poor throw
home from L.A. center fielder James Outman. Bellinger then
scored on Suzuki's single for a 2-0 lead.
Los Angeles tied the game in the third. Following Austin Barnes'
single, Betts went deep into the left-field bleachers for the
first homer allowed by Stroman in 2023.
Betts added some insurance in the ninth when he brought home two
on a double down the left-field line. The Cubs loaded the bags
in the ninth, but Brusdar Graterol (first save) got Nick
Madrigal to ground into a game-ending double play.
--Field Level Media
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